still life nr1

still life nr1

Tuesday, 5 July 2011

7 : Painting from Photographs and Studies

Project 1: Painting from Working Drawings 

Stage 1 : Drawing Shapes

I placed on my desk a few objects of different shapes and sizes. I used only 2B pencil to do these drawings and I spent about 30min on it.
Stage 2 : Tones and Brush Marks


This is a more important stage for making notes about tones and light. This is going to be more helpful as a study for my final painting therefore i decided to spent more time making it. I have used thin charcoal on A4 paper.

Stage 3 : Colour




This is a very difficult stage for me as I used acrylics for the first time. I have some problems with making the right choice about tones and colours....well:) the shadows are supposed to be warm and the lights cold.



                       But to help myself a bit more I have done some sketches in my sketch book: