FOOD STILL LIFE
A pastel drawing of a food item (s) in a setting. 18 x 24 pastel on canson mi-teintes paper. As we have practiced doing in class, choose your paper to suit your subject. The beauty of pastel can come from letting the toned paper show through your mark-making. Permit this tone to permeate and unify the entire composition. Select a palette for your subject, and make some color notes on a separate piece of (toned) paper to guide your choice. Take care when setting up your subject. Consider lighting and background, as well as placement of objects. A tablecloth, a bowl, a knife? A sliced lemon, a bunch of grapes, a bowl of cranberry jelly? Take it a step further and consider what you mean to say with your drawing: Is this a reflection on abundance, decay, gourmandise, plenty, or lack? (For example.) Let your mark-making elucidate the meaning. Let the drawing guide you. Give your drawing a title, after you have completed it.
6-9 hour drawing. Work on it over multiple sessions.
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