Still Life Drawing
For this piece, I used the side of vine charcoal and my fingers to blend a light gray background. I
then used the vine charcoal to make an outline of the frog in the jar. I used the vine charcoal for
some of the shading, but used different amounts of pressure using the compressed charcoal for
most of the shading and darker values. Overall, I am really happy with this piece and it is
definitely an improvement from the one I did junior year.
Process Photos
Critical Analysis of My Piece
My still life drawing is a realist piece of a dead frog inside of a jar. It is a vertical piece with no particular meaning, except to portray a moment in life, almost as if preserving the frog's final moments. I tried to stay away from line in the final piece, although there are some light lines from the process. The focus was value. Although there is no color, you can see where the light is shining based on the contrast between the warm and dark tones. I used different values to convey that this is a 3-dimensional object. It almost looks like the frog is still alive and pushing against the jar as if it is trying to escape. I really like the dark background and think it really helped me remove some of the lines I was trying to avoid. I think the different values also turned out good because it makes it clear that this is a 3-dimensional object. For example, you can tell the hand on the viewer's right is farther away from the viewer because it is darker. You can also tell that it is 3-dimensional because of the different values used towards the bottom of the jar as well as the upper right part of the jar, making it clear there is also liquid inside of it.