Making Progress Exercises 3 & 4

Ok so after several minor breakdowns I’ve managed to get to the first assignment which I’m planning on tackling this week. So my work on the tonal mark making was a pretty mixed bag.

Exercise 3 various media in A4 sketchbook

Used a variety of approaches here quite liked the short hatching and the dots.

I decided to use a dip on the above image and apart from the perspective of the box being somewhat askew I found the use of hatching gave a very scratchy scruffy feel which worked well on the boot but less so for the glue bottle and box which were both very smooth surfaces.

Exercise 4 Shadows and Reflected light A2 Cartridge Paper, charcoal, putty rubber.

Reflective surfaces using charcoal and a putty rubber worked out better. Being able to lay in blocks of tone and then cutting into them with the putty rubber was a more satisfying technique than using hatched lines. Again the proportion was off on the mug however the exercise was to explore reflective surfaces and I think that turned out ok.

Ok on to the first assessment see you all soon and wishing everyone good luck in the new year.