Pastel Still Life Project

I planned my pastel still life composition by setting up the candy so the pieces touched slightly, but not enough to where the labels couldn't be seen. I also wanted most of the space in the picture to be filled, so i kept that in mind when planning the composition. A thumbnail sketch is a quick, simple drawing of what you would like the final outcome of the project to be. It is important so the artist knows whether or not their composition is correct and if things should be moved around a bit. We used view finders to help us with our compositions and thumbnail sketches. The view finders helped me see what my still life would look like depending on which part of it i chose too draw. We would look through the view finders at different angles and create thumbnail sketches to get a better look at our compositions. To make the items in the still life appear three dimensional, I made them over lap slightly, then added shadows on the candy below it to show they were touching. Also, i used the techniques we learned in the perspective unit to made box like shapes for the pieces that were wrapped that way. We created light source by adding shadows below the candy on the table and also where the candy overlapped and touched. Also highlights were added to the areas where the wrappers appeared almost shiny, and where the piece itself appeared lighter.