ARTS AND CRAFTS 11-05-2020. STILL LIFE

STILL LIFE DRAWINGS IN PENCIL.

STILL LIFE- BODEGÓN / NATURALEZA MUERTA.

Still life is a drawing or painting of inanimate objects, as of a bowl, a jar, fruits or vegetables.

Click ➨ STILL LIFE and explore the collection of Still Life paintings of the Museo del Prado.

In today's session we're going to learn  how to draw a still life with a pencil using pottery objects.  Here you can see some examples of drawings.

MATERIALS.  You will need:

- a sheet of paper,

- a pencil, 

- a rubber,

- a black crayon or graphite.

1.To start with, you're going to watch the video. The tutorial shows you how to draw a simple pot and  also explains how to create shadows (sombras) and highlights (toques de luz).

Try to copy the techniques of the artist and draw the same jar as in the video. Pause the video as many times as you need.

2. Look around your house and find pottery objects: a jar, a vase, a cup, etc. 
    Use it as a model and draw your still life using a pencil.
Follow these steps to draw a still life:

 If you can't find pottery objects you can  use this PICTURE as a model. 

In the end, you are to make two drawings of:

1.- a jar from the video tutorial.

2.- a pottery object from your house.

You have two weeks, (till 25th of May) to complete the tasks.

Take a picture of your works and email them to me.