Today’s blog post is really interesting as it not only shows Nicola Drakes final painting but we can also show her preliminary study. Nicola is studying our Still Life Course and the object here was to experiment with neutral tones. Nicola has used some lovely neutral greys, purples and silver colours. Even the greens can be classed as neutral. All of these colours are set off by two red colours of the strawberry and cherries. We love the shine on the central object which reflects the colours and objects around it. Nicola created the charcoal preliminary drawing before starting to work our her composition which helped her work out her tonal values along with the light and shade of the piece. Congratulations Nicola on a fabulous still life!
