Still Life Texture

I thought this was both fun and challenging. Picking the right prints/rubs was difficult to match for value. I actually wish I had done more prints. The rubs, especially the conte and charcoal were pretty messy. I didn't try the hair spray trick and probably should have. Overall, I love doing collages, so I hope it came out alright and showed the proper values.

Texture

Ink Leaf Print

Conte Crayon Mat Rub

Ink Tea Bag Marks

Ink Dipped Rose Print

Lead Pencil Rub on Tile and a Light Switch

Light Switch Rub

Textured Candle Rub

Basic Contour Line, Slow Contour Line, Quick Contour, Cross Contour, and Basic Contour on White Paper

Implied Line and Blurred Line

Quick Contour Line and Lyrical Line

Test Sketch and Final Composition

Still Life Object Individual Drawings

Photos of Objects and Final Composition

The shadows were not as dramatic as I would have hoped. It was in daylight plus a lamp next to it, so unfortunately  it had more than one light source.

Grey Scale

Still Life Objects/Plane and Volume

Here is my contour line drawing of the still life objects that were painted white. In addition are the two drawings showing plane and volume. For the first I used compressed charcoal and for the second I used soft vine charcoal.

Positive/Negative Spaces

For the positive space, I just followed the rules of the contour line drawing, so I hope I did that correctly. I used a soft compressed charcoal stick for both. The negative space I was kind of unsure about because the readings example made it kind of complex. I took the books example to figure out the negative spaces. I'm not sure if it's entirely correct though.

Gesture Drawings of Myself

One is a sustained gesture drawing that I drew with a graphite pencil, the other is a scribbled line gesture drawing that I did with a ballpoint pen.