Exam

After I had taken lots of photos of fruit from different perspectives and lit in the style of Dutch Still life, I tried to experiment with different styles of painting/drawing the fruit. I used ink to print onto card to get a blotted line effect, though this was difficult to get the print to stay in line as I could only do it in small chunks because the ink dried too quickly before getting to the card. I liked the outcome but it was hard to tell if it was a picture of grapes or just blobs so I then tried printing onto card painted white to make the lights and darks more obvious. I did a more detailed biro drawing of the grapes as well to add some skill work to my prep sheet.

I dribbled white paint onto plain grapes to make them look highlighted though it was hard to get the position right because of how thick the paint was.





I tried using cardboard instead of paintbrushes to paint apples but to look effective it needed lots of layers and didn't look decayed enough for me. So I used the same technique but on crumpled up paper which gave it more texture. I printed this onto tracing paper and liked the effect but they looked a bit plain, so I worked into them with white paint and then black ink to get a more detailed and decomposed effect.