Drawing 1 -- Perceived Color

The goal of this 18 inch by 24 inch pastel still life was to match colors as closely as possible. We worked on this drawing for about two and a half weeks. Each class period, the still life would be set up for us with the rose, glass of water, glove and stick in precisely the same location. The blinds were closed and lamps gave us (just about) consistent shadows. We were to impost one-point perspective on the drawing so that it looked three dimensional. This was easier said than done. One of the hard parts was when things were not lined up correctly (like the post card). This was a great challenge and a lot of fun. I really enjoyed this one.