Still Life Man Made Objects - Final Sketches

I continued to practise man-made objects as still did not feel satisfied I had worked on it enough. I chose to go back to black and white and used charcoal pencil for me initial sketches. I also wanted to focus on developing my observation and recreation of detail as this had been lacking so far in my sketches. That is the reason for my initial sketch of the bow necklace as I wanted to practise the detail and tone and form at the same time. I feel that sketch was a good improvement on my previous sketches.

I then went on to experiment with composition and consonance, composing an image of a jewellery box, necklace, earrings and lip gloss. I really enjoyed the sketch and liked how I had positioned the necklace sloping out of the jewellery box. Without it, the box would not have looked like a jewellery box and it may have been confusing to viewer. I did feel that the lip gloss distracted the eye from the rest of the sketch and so went on to remove it. I also wanted to change medium as the charcoal pencil used in the sketch prevented me from recreating clear detail.

The final sketch of this composition was using lead HB pencil. I felt the image was a lot calmer without the lip gloss in it and it made more sense. I did focus more on detail in this sketch, however I noticed that I then held back on the tone and form! Overall it is a good sketch though I feel.