Two more on Friday!
Monica has joined us with a drawing of a blue Delft pot. She has used graphite pencils for tone (HB, 2B, 3B) and Derwent waxed pencils over a wash from the blue Staedtler watercolour pencil. Note that the photo is a bit grey and not true to life. The composition is quite nice in this drawing although the photo has cropped it tight on the sides. There is a good tension between the small size of the lid of the jar, pointing and leading our eye to the larger container. The draped blue cloth has been well drawn with attention given to the creases and folds and she notices the colour differences between the front of the cloth and the reverse.
I feel that the perspective oval of the top of the jar is not quite correct, the oval should be more narrow, or else the curve at the bottom of the jar rounder. The body shape of the jar is well done and both sides are symetrical - very difficult to do! It does concern me a bit that a heavy outline is used around the jar instead of tone to create shape. I know Monica understands this because she has used tone in the lid to convey the form. The printed pattern on the jar is attractive and I wonder if this distracted her a bit. It is always tricky to work tone over pattern, next time I suggest that the tonal gradation of the form is put down first, then a pattern in blue overlaid on top.
This was a difficult form to draw and has a number of complex elements in the composition, from hard to flexible, shiny and reflective to soft and dull.
A very creditable result of intricate subjects.
Blue Delft Pot by Monica
Heather's Blues
Heather joins us with a well considered work of three objects that form a triangular composition. The three different forms have been linked together by a swirling ribbon of blue. I get the feeling that she spent some time arranged these objects to give the best result and I think she has succeeded in this.
She hasn't told me what type of pencils she has used, but I seen her use a set of Faber Castell so I assume that is what is used here. I think a little more layering of colours, from light to dark, would have given greater intensity and depth of colour in her jar and in the texture of the porcelain bird. Remember to try and build up to the final colour, not expect one colour pencil to do the entire job. Moving some of the yellow into other areas would be a good idea too - in the highlights perhaps to accentuate the whites.
The shapes overall are are pretty good, a few issues with perspective in the perfume bottle, but the jar and bird work. That procelain bird would have been very difficult to draw! The perfume bottle reads as glass. I think the ribbon could have used a bit of sheen to it, highlights and deeper blues to give a satin feel.
There is a lot to like about this drawing.
Heather's Blues by Heather
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