Week 10 - Ellipses and Symmetry

For this task I put together this composition: 

I wanted it to be a 3 point perspective composition so I could practice this more while also practicing symmetry and ellipses.

Like for the measured constructive drawing, I first blocked out the space that the objects would occupy by drawing boxes and also determined how wide the ellipses would be:

I then drew the ellipses using the same technique from week 8:

And drew the objects by drawing the lines connecting the ellipses:

I erased the construction lines and cleaned around the drawing a bit:

And then shaded the drawing:

When it comes to constructing the drawing, I didn’t particularly encounter any difficulties, besides my tendency to over exaggerate the perspective and the slight distortion on the ellipse at the top of the salt shaker. In terms of shading though, I recognise I could have done way better if I had given myself more time with better organization. The tones are similar and make the drawing seem flat and the reflexions on the glass could have been more accurate. On the other hand, I quite like the texture on the orange.

I will certainly come back to improve this drawing if given the time.