Week 6: Still Life. Natural and man made forms

This detailed pencil drawing took less than 30 minutes to complete though it is far from a true finished piece. It depicts the relation between three glass made objects that create a compelling still life image, with important elements such as light and texture being taken into consideration. Lines and different styles of hatching play a significant role in creating the illusion of an actual texture, which in this case are three types of glass, that reflect and refract light differently. Therefore, I tried to overlap the two glasses and double the effect of light on this type of surfaces. It is fair to say that more hatching, thus more detail, would have greatly enhanced the appeal of the drawing, moreover three other significant problems are the space between the bottle and the glasses which ruins the sense of unity of the entire picture, the obvious line asymmetry in the case of the neck of the bottle and of the taller glass object and the missing background which makes one believe the objects are located into thin air.