Still life Final

 Still life - Final: Composition

1 hour 30 minutes

This is the final image of my still life drawing, applying all the theories and techniques that I have learnt over  the semester which are all put together in one drawing. The main focus was on composition. We see interesting composition, with variety of materials. These materials are purposely selected, to acquire lot of shading to the drawing.  We see lot of materials with unique textures: soft and hard, smooth and rough surfaces. The weekly themes have given me confidence to produce a very satisfactory piece of still life.

Composition in this image is in high standard. We see rule of thirds (point of interest) at three locations.  The 3 focal points in this image are the keys, the diary, the orange and small tint of highlight at the end of the banana, located in the area of rule of thirds at the bottom left. The second focal point  also in the intersection of the rule of thirds is located on the open jar that is laying down tilted towards the viewer in a 3/4 angle. The third focal point is located in the areas of the top of the banana, the glass cup and the shadow of the banana. These points are very strong and keep the viewers eyes at these points. The image also display flow of line/implied line in a circular loop. For example starting from the keys at the bottom, the line flows through the orange, apple, banana then to glass cup and the vase. But the vase and the focal point; the shadow of the banana brings the eye back towards the centre. The line of the fruit ball keeps the flow and jumps to the tilted jar; which is another focal point. And because the angle of the jar, the way its faced, it brings the implied line back towards the keys through the diary.

The image supplement a good spatial organisation. It has taken me at least 30 minutes to decide how the objects should be laid out before the drawing took place. The objects are clustered and placed nicely avoiding orphaned and kissing objects. In terms of balance, the shading and the way the objects are placed it has a good sense of unity. I was amazed how much I have progressed. Especially in the shading and adding texture to these objects, for instance the texture of the translucent objects: the jar and the glass cup.

Perspective is very satisfying, and depth is very visible by the way its shaded. There are lot of different marks implemented in this image to bring the still life objects very realistic mapped on to the 2D plane especially the translucent objects. I am very pleased with the final outcome of the scene.