VALUE: Two Object Compositions

Shiho Nakagawa

Last night the class made value drawings from a still life of two objects. Shiho's drawing above exhibits a well balanced composition as well as skillful handling of the materials. It is clear that one object is gray and the other black. The forms are dimensional and the space has depth.

Jason Yarbrough

Jason's drawing is rich in texture as well as tone. The space is atmospheric and somewhat ambiguous. Even with the cast shadows objects float in the space as if they are orbiting around a larger mass. The ambling line helps move the "eye" through the space. The cropped composition suggests there is more to this image than what is seen.