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For the final assignment, I plan to use charcoal to highlight the areas that are most interesting to me and put these drawings together so it makes a scene like I’m coming inside and heading to my bedroom. I’m also thinking about incorporating a more abstract tone to the piece overall.

For my alterations, I decided to add more value in certain areas, and fill in the white areas with lighter shades of grey to mimic the light grey wall that the still life was propped up against. I continued to use ink to fill in some of the shadows, such as underneath the jar and around the nail polish bottle, as well as under the box. I also decided to incorporate other mediums to create more textures as well as a more diverse scale of value. During the critique, I observed one of my peer’s pieces and he had decided to lighten up the atmosphere within his drawing by creating a wash with ink and water. This inspired me to try to achieve lighter tones instead of simply playing with the contrast made with just the black of the ink and the white of the paper. I felt that imitating the wash on my drawing wouldn’t quite fit the general aesthetic I had already established, so instead I decided to use charcoal as a way of completing the vibe of this gradient and found it to be successful. It was interesting to see the effect of combining the solid lines of the ink with a rougher medium like charcoal and I think it blended nicely and put more feeling behind the piece overall. Another medium I decided to use was my graphite sticks to fill in the background. I found some difficulty with this due to my previous decision to use white paint to cover up a mistake, but I do think this was successful as the texture created by the sticks effectively encapsulated the texture of the wall. The soft color also helped balance the drawing in a way that it brought everything together and surrounded the objects in the foreground pleasantly.

Not quite sure if I did this right, but I’m still satisfied with the result! Had lots of fun doing this one.