I made a beginning with this drawing today. This is another still life done with conte crayon. This is for week 2 of the Porter Mill Challenge; some of the artists who have studios at Porter Mill are participating in a challenge to produce one piece of art a week for four weeks. The results can be shown at Porter Mill in May. I am doing four still life drawings, each of flowers on a patterned tablecloth. (I bought the tulips today so I could draw them.) It took me a while to get this drawing underway. Because I want all four drawings to work as a set, I wanted to work out the layout so that they would look good together. So I want the horizon line to be in roughly the same place, and the scale to be similar. I also want each drawing to have a slightly off-center composition, balanced by a vertical in the background. This time, I decided to use a checkered cloth, and I did a lot of measuring today. I also marked the dark squares so I won't make a mistake when I am putting in the color. Once I had the layout organized, I did a rough sketch of the tulips and vase. That's as far as I could take this today, but so far I am happy with this drawing.
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