Still Life Drawing

For my quarter 2 project, I did the still life drawing because I wanted to try something different. For my project, I drew a candlestick and an orange. I want my artwork to communicate that it wasn't easy to draw this. My current work relates to my previous work because I have done shade and texture in art before. The materials I used when making this art was a 2H, 4H, and 6B pencils. I first drew the candlestick and orange with a 2H pencil. Then, I used a 6B pencil to outline the shape of my drawing. After outlining the shape of my drawing, I used a 4h pencil to shade my drawing so it will be easier to erase parts that I mess up. After shading my drawing with a 4H pencil, I used a 6B pencil to darken the parts that I wanted. An artist who makes similar work is Zheng Chongbin. He uses a lot of shade and texture in his drawings. A certain technique that's important to the work is using a softer pencil to shade the drawing, then going over with a darker pencil to darken parts that you want. A technique I experimented more with the process of making this work is shade and texture. I'm most proud of the way my artwork turned out. I really wouldn't change anything about my project because I like how everything turned out. In conclusion, something I learned through the completion of this project is to not waste all your time drawing your object because you're not going to have enough of time to add shade and texture to your drawing.