My first still life done in class was an animal skull, belonging to a horse or cow. The focus of this piece was to analyze the shapes and shading and best recreate it on the paper. I started with the general shape, starting the layout of the drawing and putting down the start of some shadows. The shadows became more defined as I added layers of shading, the cracks in the skull are well defined and draw attention. The eye sockets and nose cavity are the areas of the darkest shading and also catch the viewer's attention.
My second still life was more ambitious, using a combination of objects I had and ones in the classroom. This piece had more clear shading as well as some much needed highlighting which makes it stand out more then the previous. I started with laying out where the objects were before going into further detail. The shading on this piece is more defined and solid. White highlights stand out against the charcoal and add a lot of definition to the art. The shape is defined without being a solid line, the lines are softer and more true to life for the majority of the drawing.