Week 4: Light and Shadow

A 45 minute drawing of a several chairs with drapery placed over them. This drawing is primarily aimed at studying light and dark, and how shadows are created. The shadows underneath the chairs are particularly interesting as they do not go in one direction, due to the multiple lights surrounding them. It is also clear that the shadows are not one solid colour, but instead are made of gradients which get darker as they move away from the chairs and other lights.

In the drapery itself I attempted to create both light and dark areas, to highlight the contrasts created by dramatic lighting. The left side of the drapery is darker, as the most bright lights were on the right. There are some very bright highlights on the left however, as well as darker areas on the right, created by the properties of the folds in the fabric. I also studied how the direction a line is drawn has an effect on what you create, and I used some very fine crosshatching to create an idea of fabric and scratchiness.