1st Assessment A3 cartridge paper pencil, charcoal, pen and ink, white gouache.

Well here we go after some genuine delays mixed with a generous helping of procrastination I have attempted the first assignment. My subjects were chosen as they all had different properties from square rough brick to soft cloth and from organic shell to manufactured reflective glass. My approach altered as the drawing took shape with the initial lay in done in pencil and some shading done with charcoal. I followed this with dip pen and ink trying to indicate form with the line as well as reinforcing the shadows. The next step was to go in with titanium white gouache to pick out lighter areas after tidying up some areas with fibre tip pen I spattered white over the image because … well honestly it just felt right and I wanted to.

I struggled a lot with the glass bottle and cloth. For me the real victory is getting to this stage.