For this week's task I had to draw a still life set up of a group of objects focusing on the aspect of different values within them and being able to represent these values through shading techniques. From last term, I knew that creating different values in a piece of art was something I needed to improve, so I made sure that I selected objects which differed in tone in order that I would have the opportunity to show value and tone in this piece of work. I experimented with the composition of the items and chose a set up which I thought would best allow me to represent the values of the items. I placed the lightest object in the middle with a dark one on the right and a medium toned glass bottle on the left. Unfortunately, I made the mistake of not using a directed lighting source so this made it quite challenging for me to get some nice highlights and clear shadows in this piece. For my next pieces, I have been advised to make a set up using a cardboard box in order to control the light a bit more and to create a more visually appealing scene. This is something I will take forward. The items I selected allowed me to shade in some interesting patterns.
After receiving feedback on this piece of work it was noted that there were some issues with symmetry so I tried my best to go back and correct those. I am still trying to work on improving the symmetry within my objects and, moving forward, I will be paying close attention to this. I made sure to make the lighter and darker tones more visible in the piece as this adds to the overall visual appeal. I wanted to create a sense of depth by adding a light fabric background to the set up. After feedback, I was also advised to knock this back as it was adding too much noise and taking away from the values of the still life, Therefore, I lightened it.
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