I enjoyed exploring how artists have approached interior still life painting and have made notes in research.
My particular favourite is Ariel perspective eg beautiful light and tonal work to suggest depth. However I recognise that my tonal differentiation is not very developed and I need to work on this as well as one point perspective drawing .
When I started to make drawings of my room as instructed in the exercise for this section, I realise how rusty my drawing skills have become. I have got out of the habit of daily practice and would like to restart that. Working around my living room , I could not find an inspiring scene that is not too complicated but allowed scope for shade and perspective.
Eventually I found a more suitable scene and spent some time making study drawings from different angles and distances. This is a valuable exercise to add to my ongoing practice.
The work is not accurate in terms of colours but I feel does show evidence of shadow. I tried to stick to a limited palette to make tonal change easier and help me to understand make up of light but the lack of brown made the work more difficult in the end.
My frustration led me to paint quickly and less carefully. Consequently my walls are not straight. I did notice standing back that the corner where the table was looked better with a tonal change showing shadow rather than the initial red painted guide line- showing that I need to stand back and look frequently.
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