A Successful Layout

What is good about this layout? 

STILL LIFE IN CHARCOAL

EQ:  How do artists learn to draw realistically? How does contrast help to create realism in drawing?  How do  value changes create the illusion of form? How does cropping make a drawing more interesting?

The objectives for this lesson are to create a charcoal drawing of the still life of objects that have ellipses in their form.  

To do this you must:

·      Draw a thumbnail sketch of your composition in your sketchbook.  Ask yourself, what can I emphasize?  How can I make an interesting composition?

·      Use a willow charcoal (lightest one) to draw your sketch.  You are blocking everything is, so draw lightly in order to erase any mistakes.

·      LOOK for the lightest light and the darkest dark.  Start building values beginning with the medium value. 

·      Identify where the most contrast is in the piece. Have you shown that in your drawing.

·      Get darker more compressed charcoals to create deeper values.

·      Take your time and observe.  All the information in front of you.