Musical Instruments & Shading :)

To support our theme of shading and form and

shape we did a still life

of an instrument. In this case, I did a still life

of a trumpet :)

It was very challenging, because it was a shiny object, and there was light reflecting

off of all areas. So it's very important to show strong contrast between a dark

and light area in order to give off the effect to the viewers that the instrument drawn was

shiny and metallic.

I can confidently say that I did not do such a great job in this, because I was so busy trying to

make it look shiny that I forgot about texture. This drawing came out very flat because there is

no texture to show the drastic difference between the cloth and the trumpet.

An important aspect I learnt was that, to make something look like light is reflecting off of it, it's

important to put something ranging from off-white to white next to a dark color, so it stands out

showing the clear difference. I forgot to do that, so this painting lacks the point I was trying to make.

But next time, I know I can do much better :)