Still Life

This is a 30 minute, plus 5 minute planning, still life study of a vase of flowers drawn with a 4B pencil. I positioned the study off-centre on the page as this created a more interesting composition. I chose a vantage point where the flower at the front of the vase was clearly visible, and where I wasn't directly sat in front of one edge of the table, as this made for a more interesting composition that shows some depth. A sense of depth is also created by the shading in the area behind the flowers. I used a range of values to show the areas of light and shadow to express the form of the objects and add to the sense of depth.                 

As time was restrictive when drawing this piece, the flowers in the vase are not accurately drawn, however I feel that their basic form and placement are still successfully and clearly portrayed by the quickly drawn, simple lines. I still need to focus on perspective when drawing pieces like this in future as I am not happy with the top of the table; I think that the far right corner of the table is too high behind the vase and needs to be lowered. This would also push the back edge of the table into a nicer angle.