Exercise - Experimenting with texture

Exercise - Negative space

Exercize - Still life with natural and made objects

Exercise - A drawing of textures

Exercise - Supermarket shop, conte pastels

Check and log - 

I found with the different size objects hard knowing where to start, so I started with what seemed to be closest to the middle of the picture.  Once I had drawn the bouillon pot and was happy it was in proportion I could use this to measure the other supermarket objects against it.  I think i managed to get the heights fairly close but found it hard to achieve depth and demonstrate distance between the objects.  Over all I am happy with the shape and form but i will have to work on how to achieve distance between each object to create a more 3D effect.  I also experimented with conte crayon to colour this drawing, this I found interesting to use, it was good for detail but hard to blend the colours together, I used a cotton bud to achieve this in the end.

Exercise - Observing shadow and light formations on a suface

Exercise - Using charcoal

I enjoyed using charcoal and found it soft to use and produced a good effect quickly.  Using the side of the charcoal stick I could achieve straight lines and then using the stick flat to the paper could cover large areas with a textured finish.  By applying different amounts of pressure would create a variety of different depth and shading techniques which I have demonstrated in my drawing above.