First Still Life Drawing

[unTkaos]

Welcome :)
Well, I think perspective is good, beautiful work, I like that :)

[peachstapler]

Originally posted by unTkaos
Welcome :)
Well, I think perspective is good, beautiful work, I like that :)

It's a good start, but I disagree about the perspective. We're seeing too much inside the lip of the vase/pitcher. The back of the brim should be down about an inch or so. Just my 2 pfennig though.

[Incarlum]

Thanks alot for the welcome and the comments. much appreciated. I looked it over yesterday and I noticed that my shading isnt strong enough on the right side of the whole drawing, I need to press harder with my pencil. Thank you again for the advice. Cya around.

[mattclinch]

Nice drawing...a few crits if i may,

be wary of outlining every object. it may be very useful to outline everything initially but always remember that an object should be made visable only by sudden or even subtle changes in tone. Look around you in life and nothing has defined black outlines.

i agree about the perspective...the base looks good ( did u use a ruler?) but the vase itself and especially the handle look a bit off.

pretty good though if you ask me! well done

[Incarlum]

Thank you very much. lol no I did not use a ruler. thank you for the outline comment, I can really use that, thnx. cya around.

[Incarlum]

Owwww. I just checked the vase (the real one) and the handle is deformed. I checked along side my drawing and it is a bit off, but I drawed it close enough, the handle isnt symmetrical in the real vase. The rest of your comments (which I really aprreciate) are true, funny you guys didnt even see the real vase and yet you nailed it down, nice one guys.

[Kargokultti]

That's a good one, and if it's your first, then it's a very good one.

I've had lots of trouble from listening to advice too carefully, so take the following with a grain of salt:

There aren't any rules in drawing, not really, but one advice I've come to appreciate is that you shouldn't smudge drawings, but draw them. Some teacher also said, that you shouldn't use an eraser. It seems that you have done these both, and the picture is no worse for it, but it might be quite useful to try to draw the same thing without smudging or erasing: start very light, with gentle, er, strokes (can you say that about a pencil?), and then progress to the deeper shadows. The result might not be as controlled as your first one, but this might be interesting to try out.

Hardnox has a very good point: things don't really have outlines but light bits and the bits that are in shadow. Contrast is what makes the picture.

[Incarlum]

Thanx alot you guys. you have helped me enormously. much appreciated.

[JARhead]

Originally posted by peachstapler
It's a good start, but I disagree about the perspective. We're seeing too much inside the lip of the vase/pitcher. The back of the brim should be down about an inch or so. Just my 2 pfennig though.

Agreed , other then that it looks good

[Incarlum]

thanks again

[Elysian]

I would like to see more darker shadows, because the final image is a bit flat in contrast. Other than that I have nothing to complain, nice work!

[Incarlum]

Thank you Elysain, much appreciated, Ill post the improved drawing here soon.

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