Students in the Studio II class further developed their observational drawing skills by creating still lives with charcoal on toned paper. They focused on setting up a visually interesting composition, drawing objects in proportion to one another, including highlight, mid-tone and shadow areas and incorporating texture onto the objects.
Students set up their own Still Lives and used their phones to take photos to use as a reference image. They were encouraged to use a wide variety of objects.
Students laying out the shapes of their objects on large toned paper. Working on large paper allows students to work with bigger shapes.
Studio Work Day.
Students drawing their reference image from observation. Students used vine, compressed and white charcoal to complete this project.
Exemplary student works that show evidence of developing observational drawing skills.
