Still Life Drawing

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Still Life Drawing
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What is a still life drawing?
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A drawing of inanimate (unable to move on their
own) objects. They are usually made up of common
things found in nature like food, flowers, plants
and rocks. They can also contain man-made things
like cups, books, vases, jewelry, coins, pipes
and much more. The advantage of a still life tis
that the artist has more control over the
arrangement the design of the composition unlike
other types of subjects like landscape or
portraits.
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Masters of the Still Life
Paul Cezanne The Black Marble Clock
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Claude Monet Still life with apples and grapes
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Paul Gauguin Still life with apples
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Your Assignment

• The entire class will break in to two groups.
  These groups are responsible for putting together
  a still life that will stay in the classroom. The
  still life will contain any inanimate objects
  from around the room. However, once the still
  life is agreed upon by the group, it cannot be
  changed! Make the still life as interesting as
  possible and fill up the space. After all, you
  are going to be drawing it using charcoal.
• The still life composition must be completed
  today and a due date will be given soon. Here are
  the requirements for the assignment
• Done in charcoal
• Use an 18 X 24 piece of drawing paper
• Objects in drawing are life size or bigger
• Interesting composition (cropping if necessary)
• Follow directions given in demonstrations

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• Key terms to keep in mind from this project
• Contour Drawing Shading (value)
• Drop (or cast) shadows Modeling

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Demonstration of Charcoal techniques
Charcoal can be a tricky and sometimes
frustrating tool to use because of its
non-permanence. Listen to the demonstration
closely and ask for help when needed to get a
better understanding of how to control the
charcoal.
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Above all, remember that drawing something to
create the illusion of 3D is all about finding
simple, smaller shapes within the entire object.
Gather around and I'll show you what I mean.
This bowl is simply made up of two ovals
connected by two diagonal lines!