Saturday 28th September
Still Life: Composition
This piece was produced within 1
hour 45 minutes using Charcoal on plain A3 paper.
The piece focuses on the
composition whilst establishing a difference between manmade and natural
objects, the high angle vantage point allows the vases in the back to be seen
creating a background for the objects in front of which creates more depth.
The oranges to the left and right
of the image create a focus point due to their contrast, it has brighter points
than that of the vases and this makes the eye flow around their contour to the
manmade objects which have more shape to them because of the form.
The composition feels even due to
the natural objects on both sides however the use of shadows from these natural
objects deny it from being perfectly even as the contrast and positioning of
them is different.
Constructively the piece suffers
as the range in contrast just isn't enough, it's difficult to differentiate
between the oranges and the vases even with the brighter patches on the oranges.
The composition could be more
interesting as well, perhaps using the rule of thirds on the vases along with spacing
all the objects out more would do a better job.
There is also the issue of
objects touching, the oranges are slightly kissing the vases along with the two vases being straight down the middle which disrupts our perception of depth in the piece.
The final issue would be that the vases appear titled to the right, it seems more time needs to be dedicated to the man made objects contour.
The final issue would be that the vases appear titled to the right, it seems more time needs to be dedicated to the man made objects contour.
