Natural Still Life
Brown and Black Indian Ink on A2 Paper
Made Objects Still Life
Ink and Wash on A2 Paper
I decided to try the made objects for my first drawing, I
took the idea of things found in my pockets and thought about drawing keys as
they have a range of interesting, very clean cut unnatural shapes. I tried
sketching out a few studies and found that employing the hatching method worked
very well and helped emphasise the shapes of the keys. I added a few more
objects that worked well with the keys such as the locks and whistle, playing
around and trying an ink and wash drawing. I liked the variety but found the
result very scattered so I added the watch to bring a focal point to the
drawing.
I saved the Natural forms drawing till last and started by
doing some studies of different leaves. I found I liked the Ivy leaves best so
I went back and drew a few in brown and black Indian inks with a dip pen; I
really liked the result the earthy colours worked well. I gathered some more
natural objects and sketched these all individually. I liked the Cyprus seeds as
these worked well with the dip pen and inks and I thought the small details the
wisteria flower heads would complement the broad ivy leaves. I played around
with the composition to try and fully cover the paper, literally branching into
all the corners.
Did you do enough preliminary work before starting work on
your final pieces?
I think I could have done with doing a bit more playing
around with the composition for my first piece of the made objects, I did quite
a bit for the second piece of the natural objects, and I feel this arrangement
maybe turned out better because of it. It really helped to make sure I was
using the right materials though.
Do your large drawings give an accurate interpretation of
the still life groups? If not, what went wrong?
I believe they are fairly accurate, the dip pens and earthy
brown colour really helped to achieve the right feel in the natural forms. Some
of the keys I’m not entirely happy with as the shapes are a little off in places.
Did you make a good selection of objects or did you try to
include too much? Would you change the arrangements of objects if you were to
start again?
Looking back I think I may have fallen into the trap of
using too many objects, I have to contradict myself though because I also quite
like them for it. If changed them at all I would try and make objects fill all
the corners of the page better.
Do your drawings fit well on the paper or could they be
improved by working on a larger sheet of paper?
I think the scale of these two pieces is quite good, it
worked well with the media but if I was using something bolder like pastels I
might have struggled a bit more.
Did you have problems with drawing or find hatching too
difficult?
I really went for it with the hatching on the first drawing
of the made objects, it was a lot of work on all the different keys and locks
but I think I pulled it off. I held back and tried to do it with a bit more
subtlety on the second piece, and again I think it worked.
Study of a chub key and playing with ink and wash for Made objects
Studies of an Ivy Leaf and Wisteria Flower heads.
Indian Ink Studies of Ivy Leaves and Cyprus Seeds
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