For this exercise I used the enclosed balcony section of my flat. It is enclosed with a glass panel serving as a low window so it is possible to see right down into the road from the 29th story where I live in China. I used different angles to reflect the inside safety of the balcony and the precarious drop of the outside looking down onto the park and the buildings and street below me.
Fallen Leaves Study. For this the subject is 3 dried leaves which I found during my walk, all three in varying stages of decay. I used colored pencils and oil pastels. I left the majority of the page white as I wished to capture the intense light and the lovely colorful shadows that the leaves cast on the crisp white paper that they were perched on. I enjoyed the success that I achieved with the papery delicate feel of the leaves and it was only till I had layered the oil pastel on top that the drawing "popped". What i learnt here was not to be "precious" with your work. Detail 1. Detail 2. And then I cropped it. I think that the composition is better here. There is less negative space and the longer format works better with the length of the leaves and the horizontal lines that they present. Some practice - Lemons in conte crayon
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