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art, artwork, cobalt blue glass, Derwent, graphite, illustration board, money plant, nature, pottery, sketches, sketching
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Graphite Still life of Money Plant , Pottery, and Jar
- The Story Behind the Sketch:
- …And then, sometimes a Gift is Inspiration!
- When my friend Carole gave me a lovely pottery pitcher with a motif that reminded me of money plant seed heads, “Still Life!” was the first thing I thought of. The wheels started turning; I knew had some dried money plant out in the shed, & could probably dig up a piece of cobalt blue glassware to coordinate with the dark blue designs on the buff-colored piece. A painting was my original goal, but after photographing and doing a “preliminary” sketch, I decided I was pretty satisfied with just the sketch itself.
The Technical Stuff:
Crescent Cold Press illustration Board, 3B & 9-B General’s Graphite Sketch pencils, Derwent Graphitone water-soluble graphite pencils to help make a soft background tone on the wood siding. A paper stump was used for the delicate blending on the seed heads.
My Experience in Doing this Sketch:
I had taken photos of three different arrangements of the objects used. After narrowing it down to two, I asked for advice from artist friend George on how to combine the best features of each. I think his advice was good. ( Sometimes it really helps to have a “fresh eye” look at things like this.)
NOTE: All images and text in this post are Copyright K. A. Renninger 2013. I am more than happy to have you share them through your own blog, and hope you will do so—but you must give me credit. Anyone who uses them to make money will be prosecuted.
About Sketching 