PART 1 P2: Exercise 4- Reflective light and shadows. Practice.

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The exercise initially was hard, although maybe more for the fact that I thought it would be difficult to capture the sheen and reflections of a silver surface. I've been practicing this with different media just to have some playtime. I've never tried biro. This has a glow to it, I love it! 


As my annotation shows, the proportion is out.
It is all too easy to focus on perfection sometimes and miss the aim of the exercise!





A brushed chrome seemed harder to replicate; a diffused reflection was difficult. Maybe in charcoal?






The ornament was easier initially as the reflective areas were more definitive against the contrast of the dark wood colour. However, lifting the conté to highlight the figure was not easy on such a small area - this would become easy when I work with a larger scale next for the actual exercise.

I've realised I need a much better quality sketchbook, this one is awful, the surface lifts and disintegrates as I wiped the conté dust with a chamois.

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