I hate saying this but I was pretty pleased with myself after this drawing - bleurgh! I think it's because I felt I had a bit of a breakthrough with capturing the changes in colour when it's reflected, for example, the red of the pepper being reflected in the courgette, and the blue from the skylight reflected onto the pepper. The pepper in particular has really reflective properties, unlike the dull, almost powdery surface of the beetroot which seemed to sap away a lot of distinguishing colour. Because of this it was really challenging to get the colour in the beetroot right. I tried really hard to create a good composition this time - something I feel I fail with a lot. I wanted the fruit and vegetables to more or less fill the page, with a little negative space to balance it. I also remembered that the cast shadows of the objects are extremely important for the balancing of the composition too. I enjoyed using the coloured ball point pens - perfect for hatching.
Exercise: Using markers or dip pens
I enjoyed this exercise because it felt experimental and a wee bit hazardous. Nothing went drastically wrong - I don't think - but overall it does look quite plain considering the bold colour and irreversible mediums used. The composition isn't great, I assume because I left almost half of the page white with negative space, which ordinarily perhaps would be fine if the subjects themselves weren't so contrasting to that blank white, but in this drawing it's way too much. It would be improved massively if it were cropped. In fact I may even draw some faint lines in over the drawing to show how it could look better... I think the mushrooms in particular work well - they almost look squishy, as in fact they are to touch. The colours in the plum are a bit over the top - I'm not sure a plum can really be that purple!
Exercise: Drawing using oil pastel
Because of the addition of a plate, there is actually little negative space left on this drawing - it looks fairly well balanced I think. I used pink sugar paper (the only colour I had left!) which I think may have been a bit of a mistake. The texture of it is perfect for oil pastels because it really clings to the rough surface but the pink creeps through in a lot of areas, particularly on the plate, and looks a little odd. Again, it really helped the drawing to focus on reflected light and what it does to the colour of the fruit and vegetables (I guess this would be the main thing I have learned throughout the project). The pepper for some reason is such a pleasing thing to draw - perhaps because it has so many planes or shapes to it, and is so reflective? I was happy with the plums mostly because they were slightly dusty looking and I thought this would be hard to replicate, but don't think I did too bad a job.
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