Drawing fruit and vegetables in colour

Research point: Ben Nicholson

Mousehole 1947, Ben Nicholson
Ben Nicholson had this unique style of simplify things such as still lives and adding them to Cornish landscapes. 
I think the reason for this is because he became influenced by Mondrain, wails in Paris, and his work in the neoplastic style influence him this abstract direction. Then Ben Nicholson later moved to St Ives.


Your composition should fit most of the paper's surface. How much negative space do you have left?

I think the banana's composition was a good use of space so I probably should of brought the pepper down lower so its bottom sat flat with the banana's stork. This would of removed more negative space. As for the pastel piece the there is also far to much negative space but it dose create a nice border for the piece. I should of scaled up the image more until it almost touched both sides of the paper and mover the hole piece down so the orange would still fit.

What have you learned from drawing the details of fruit and vegetables?

From the drawing of the details of vegetables I have mostly learned about the intricacy's of the insides of peppers and the textures of a banana's skin as well as pen and ink gives a nice contrasted and an ability to create finer detail wels working with fiber pens.

What did you find challenging on this part of the course?

I found learning how to build up oil pastels to create a 3D affect most difficult. Starting from the dark and working to light over numerous layers. I wasn't having much luck with it but as more and more layers were added it all came together and its now my favorite piece that I've done so far.