Observing shadow using blocks of tone.
For this exercise we were told to get two objects and draw the two objects onto A1 or A2 paper using either charcoal or conte sticks, for this task I used A2 and used charcoal as I thought it was be the best to show dark tones and gravitate into lighter tones.
This is an image below of the two objects I chose and how I chose to place them, I wanted natural light therefore I sat near out sliding doors to the garden and a lot of light was then able to hit onto my objects.
After laying them out I began to draw the objects marking sure to mark where I saw the shadows and the lighter light on the objects, I found it more difficult than I’d imagined with the charcoal to get different tones seen as it was such a dark colour yet I went in with an eraser at the end to enhance the lighter sections.
Below is a picture of this result:
As noted above I did find it harder to get the tones right of this piece and I wish I made more of an effort to use the space of the A2 paper yet it was again my first time trialing something like this with charcoal so I am happy with how it turned out in the end, I found it was easier to handle when going in with the rubber and that worked to my advantage.
All in all I found this a more challenging task due to the charcoal not toning how I had first imagined but I think it was enjoyable to see the different lighting and to focus on the main light on the objects.
Sophie's OCA Art Work 