Still life life writeup

I started my piece by lightly sketching the contour lines of the skull and vase before beginning to add the second and third levels of shading to the piece, after that I used the malleable eraser to erase any remaining lines that were left over after correcting. Finally I added the last layer of shading with dark spots finishing the piece.

My composistion is an L composistion and it uses the verticality of the vase and length of the skull in order to create an L composistion. In order to make the piece feel balanced as a whole I added folds in the fabric to the top left corner to balance the density of detail put on the skull towards the bottom area of the composistion. In coclusion my still life is an L composistion that uses the folds in the fabric in order to create balance across the piece.

Drawing Assignment

   

I started my drawing with the outline of the skull before moving on to the vase, I then added shadows to the skull and vase, starting off light before going to the darker shades and drawing the shadow underneath the skull and vase. Afterwards I added the shadows of the folds in the fabric behind the skull and vase and added minor details throughout the drawing.

I used the skull and vase in order to create my L composition by using the skull as the horizontal focal point and the vase as the vertical point, focusing most of the detail on the skull in order to make the composition feel more balanced.