Course work: Reviewed work to date on “Drawing fruits and vegetables in colour.” Decided I could do better on the tomato, and added a fourth one to the original three(26 Dec09): I found this one more satisfactory. What I have learned so far in this exercise (and in related work): (1)colored pencil is a very slow medium to work with; (2) faster results can be obtained by doing a tonal drawing and applying color over that, or by applying the shaded areas with a complementary color, but neither method produces an optimal result; (3)best results are obtained by matching color and tone as closely as possible with a pencil of similar color and tone.
Reading:
Bernard Chaet The Art of Drawing (3rd Ed)
Harcourt College Publishers, Orlando, Florida, USA, 1983
Pp 42-78
Personal Sketchbook work: A drawing of a chambered nautilus, using Prismacolor Warm Grey pencils 30, 50, 70, and 90%, with powdered graphite for the shadow and a touch of white acrylic to accentuate the highlights.
Review of effort to date: This last day of the year seems a good time for an overview of work on the course so far. I started the course 134 days ago, and have worked on it to some extent on most days, averaging about 1 hour 55 minutes each day, for a total of almost 258 hours to date. A review of my earliest work on the course shows growing confidence and improved accuracy of form, as well as improved use of tone, though I still have a long way to go. My sketchbook work still needs improvement: I am still uncomfortable drawing people (or anything else) in public, and I recognize that my sketchbook work is often over precise (probably a personality trait). At present, less than halfway through Assignment Three, I would estimate that I am just over 1/3 through the course (based on the recommended times in the text or reasonable approximations based on comparison with other sections of the text). This would place my estimated date of course completion close to 1 September 2010, as opposed to the 7 June 2010 date originally estimated when I laid out my plan for the work in August, 2009.
Total time: 1 hour 53 minutes (53h41m)
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