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1/5/18 |
Despite
how many I make, sketching still lives is not my favorite thing. Apples and
avocadoes are not particularly challenging to draw, so I don’t do them for
drawing practice, but they are very
challenging for practicing form, color and light. (They could make good
compositional practice, too, if I ever stacked more than a couple of apples at
a time.)
Sometimes
I like to sketch the same piece of produce twice – once in color; once in
graphite – because I learn different things when I have color and when I don’t.
I find shiny fruit easier for conveying form because I can rely on the bright
highlight to do a lot of the work. The avocado with its dull, bumpy skin was
much harder.
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1/7/18 |
Sometimes
I just crave using bright colors, and the gray winter landscape just isn’t
doing it for me, so a tomato and a banana keep me happy. Mostly, though, still
lives entertain me when it’s too wet to play outside.
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12/27/17 |
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12/27/17 |
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12/24/17 |
Beautiful! I love how you can create such wonderful form with your colored pencils, something I am still struggling with.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Cathy. I'm always very challenged by these small still lives, no matter how many I do. It's all just practice! Keep at it, though -- it's worth it!
DeleteThe tomato looks so real!
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