Still+Life

Start Date: May 7, 2012 Finish Date: May 7, 2012

For this drawing, I selected three objects around the art room that didn't seem to go together. I chose a wrench, an eraser, and a tube of lip balm which was in my book-bag. I laid them out on a piece of paper and used matte board to help me see the three images without interference from any of the surroundings on the table. Next, I took my pencil and started to draw the outlines of the wrench and lip balm. I worked on the shadow of the lip balm and then the shadow on the wrench. Recreating the eraser was a little more difficult because the shape was significantly smaller than the other two objects. I shaded the background of the paper and then realized that the shading blended in with the shadows on the objects, so I went through and made the shadows darker. I'm pretty happy with this drawing, I like how you wouldn't think these objects could work together, but once arranged the right way they work well.