HOMEWORK #4: The Place Setting

On 18 x 24 in. drawing paper using graphite pencils make a drawing of a meal setting. Your still life should be the "before or after" setting of a meal. Create an asymmetrical composition including plate(s), glassware, silverware, etc. You may also include cereal boxes or condiment bottles, etc. for a stronger narrative. Be imaginative and creative. (Look closely and study the compositions above. These are all exceptional drawings.)

HOMEWORK #3 Dinner Is Served

Alan DeMarche

For this assignment, you are to draw the before or after setting of a meal (breakfast, lunch, dinner, etc.) Create an asymmetrical composition of plates, glassware, silverware, etc. You may include cereal boxes, condiment bottles, etc. to complete the narrative. Your drawing should be in full value addressing the categories of light.  Use graphite pencils on 18 x 24 in. drawing paper.

HOMEWORK #3 LIGHT AND FORM: Table Setting

The theme for this assignment is a table place setting.  Your still life should be the before or after of a meal. Create an asymmetrical composition consisting of plates, glasses, silverware.  You may also include condiments bottles, cereal boxes, etc., for stronger narrative development. Don't draw a plate in the middle of your paper with a fork and spoon on either side. BOOORING! Notice in the drawing above by Alan De Marche how your "eye" zigs and zags through the composition bouncing off of the tableware like a pinball bouncing through its game board. Furthermore, he has strategically placed bowls, each with a spoon sticking out, throughout the composition establishing a pattern of similarity. Use graphite pencils on 18 x 24 in. drawing paper.

HOMEWORK #4 MEAL SETTING

For this assignment you are to make a drawing of a table setting. Your still life should be the before or after setting of a meal.  Create an asymmetrical composition including plates, glassware, silverware, etc. You may also include cereal boxes or condiment bottles and the like for a stronger narrative and a more dynamic composition.  Use 18 x 24 in. drawing paper and graphite pencils. The above drawings are from students of the Spring 2010 semester.