Still Life

Painting

Jeannette Pasin Sloan

Reflective Surfaces

http://farrellfischoff.com/gallery/jeanette-sloan/jeanette_pasin_sloan_tornado_300_dpi?full=1

REFLECTIONS

Metal & Glass

• M.C. Escher

Metal

• Look at the metal object on the table…..• Reflections of what surrounds the object• Game “Find the object in the picture”• Absorbs little light• Light bounces back• “Contrasty”• Wood, foam, fabric soft and diffused• Reflection you see is “curved” / distorted

• Vic Vicini

• http://vicinistudio.blogspot.com/2007_08_01_archive.html

When you start to draw a metal object…..

• 1. Draw the shape of the object itself / outline

• 2. Establish the light source

• 3. Determine the lightest and darkest area (value scale) use vine, willow, condensed, white and conte.

• 4. Play find the picture

Metal

• Edges of reflections are sharp

• Flares

• Flare – says metal

Practice first, should look effortless

Create flares quickly with a kneaded eraser.

Jeannette Pasin Sloan

Glass

• Look at the glass object on the table…….• See through – transparent, you have to draw what’s

behind it.• Distort shapes behind it• See reflections• Glass has an inside and an outside• Highlights• Cast shadows• Reflections• If the glass has designs cut into it the objects reflected

will be even more distorted

Janet Fish

Colored Glass

• Look at the colored glass object on the table….

• Glass and metal renderings look better from far away – they come together

• Local Color – green darker than clear

• Like seeing through sunglasses

• Thomas Arvid

• http://www.arvid-artist.com/arvid-art-collections.htm

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Liquid

• Fill your glass object with water…….• Clear liquid• May distort• Magnify• Reflect light differently• Shift position

• Opaque• Can’t see through it• Like a solid object

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• Vic Vicini

Look at web site….• http://search.deviantart.com/?q=glass+in:photography/still&section=browse&qh=boost:popular%20age_sigma:24

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Homework

• Sketch 1 – metal object

• Sketch 2 – Clear glass with liquid

• Sketch 3 – Colored glass

• Sketch 4 – All three with liquid in glass

• Counts as four assignments