Still Life Drawing

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Still Life Drawing

• Using modified contour line drawing to create a
  still life drawing

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A Still Life Is.

• A Painting or drawing of objects that cannot move
• Bottles, bowls, fruit, flowers and cloth are
  frequently used by artists and set up on a table
  top in the studio
• Pictures can be simple or quite complex

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Composition

• The formal properties of an artwork tell how the
  art elements are organized using the principles
  of design(pattern, balance, movement, rhythm,
  unity, variety, emphasis, contrast and
  proportion.)
• The following questions can help discover how a
  still life composition is organized by the artist.

• What is the center of interest?
• How does the eye move to it in the work?
• How did the artist establish the center of
  interest?
• Does the work have a sense of rhythm? Why?
• Is the composition vertical or horizontal?
• How is balance achieved?
• How is unity achieved?
• What shapes are repeated?

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Analyze the composition

• Look at the next still life examples
• Try to find the
• over all shape the objects seem to form
• the center of interest
• way the eye moves through the work
• Make thumbnail sketches of three different types
  of arrangements you found in the textbook or
  print collection in your sketch book.

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Analyze the composition

• Many artists choose to use a pyramid format to
  organize their composition

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Center of Interest

• The center of interest is usually the first thing
  you notice in a picture.
• This focal point is often highlighted by strong
  value or color contrast

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Movement

• Artists use focal points to move the eye through
  a picture

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Make a Sketch/Diagram of the Composition
The diagram just needs to make sense to you it
does not have to be an exactdrawing