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These are my personal selection from the self directed study for week 3; I chose these pieces because they show a range of objects from natural to inanimate. These drawings, In my opinion, capture the shape and the form, the light and shadow nicely. Each drawing was composed using the same media; A 4B graphite pencil, each taking roughly 20 minutes each to complete to this standard.

The focal point of both images seem to originate from the stem of the largest objects; the stem of the banana and the handle of the paint brush. From here, an implied line is followed; in picture one, the viewer follows the banana's outline to the left and down into the orange and apple. Where as in picture 2, the implied line starts at the handle of the paint brush, goes around the glass tumbler, back down onto the paintbrush and around to the tea light.

A common error within the images is how the images are in the centre of a big white space, this is more prominent in picture 2, where as picture 1 has lines in the background to break up the space.

This is a section from a composition drawing I produced during a workshop session in week 3, composed of a mixture of natural and inanimate objects; primarily visible is the large jug that is prominent in most of my artwork on this blog. The media used for this piece was a 4B graphite pencil, this was a timed sketch done in the workshop that took around 15 minutes.

The Jug is the focal point of the drawing; there is also an implied line that starts at the left hand base of the jug, leading up and around into the other objects. however due to the heavy shading, the implied line stops in the centre of the hard to make out objects.

The main errors within the section of the drawing I have chosen to show is the perspective and proportions; the objects are all in proportion to one another but in comparison to the table, they appear smaller than they actually should've been. The perspective of the drawing is incorrect, most noticeably within the shape of the table; if perspective lines were to be drawn from the lines that represent the table, they would meet at a vanishing point.

This is a negative space composition drawing produced with a medium grade graphite stick; this drawing is composed of the same objects which are present in the three dimension form composition. The time taken to capture this drawing was roughly 20 minutes.

Similar to the previous sketches of these objects, the drapery was not included; but instead shaded to a block colour that helps to define the shape of the silhouetted objects.

However there is an issue within this drawing, there is several objects that are orphaned from one another; the background of the drawing does not connect them either. A way to overcome this issue is by including a darker square in the background that reaches these shapes. Another issue is how there is too strong of a line around what should’ve been silhouetted objects; a way to overcome this is by using lighter rough sketches of the objects.

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This is a selection of drawings produced using medium grade charcoal; The first of the drawings is a composition of 3 primitive objects arranged upon a table covered in drapery. The second of the drawings is a study of 2 primitive objects, however this time lit by a spot light. Each drawing took 40 minutes to capture.

The first drawing has no true focal point, however it has a strong implied line leading from the dark area of the cylinder, down to the darker area of the cuboid then leading around the cylindrical pyramid and back along the drapery. However, the second drawing has a focal point being the area where the light hits the sphere.

An error with the first drawing is how there is a "halo" around the objects; simply, the way to overcome this issue is by shading fully to the edge of the objects. With the second drawing however, the perspective and proportioning of the objects to the table is incorrect. The drawing still has a professional look despite the lack of perspective.

This is a composition drawing produced using a medium sized graphite stick; the drawing is of several objects arranged upon a table covered in drapery, (the drapery is not visible in the image simply due to the objects taking priority). The time taken to produce this drawing was roughly 20-30 minutes.

The drawing is structured with vertical and horizontal lines, (later having shading applied over the top), to produce a three dimensional form to the, what would appear to be, flat objects. The lines used to provide a three dimensional form also create an implied line; starting at the left horn of the skull, leading up the the vase at the back, down the handle onto the smaller jug and leading into the square vase at the front of the image.

An error with this drawing is how the jar on the far left has been 'orphaned' from the rest of the objects, this is due to the vantage point this drawing was captured from; a backdrop could rectify this issue, or by including the drapery to the drawing.