For the beginning of our Close study project, we were asked to draw a kitchen cupboard. I began by looking at my cupboard (I chose the nice cupboard because It looked neater than the rest!) and started drawing out the depth and width of each shelf. I drew using pencils from 4H to 6B, so I have a wide variety of densities of pencil. I made sure to focus of the light hitting each object in the cupboard, and achieved this by using an eraser to rub out any highlighted areas.
However, I also used a darker pencil to focus on the Shaded areas of the cupboard, as I drew in normal daytime so there wasn't much light around, nor was it especially dark. When doing the reflection of the glasses in the glass shelf, I used a much lighter pencil to create exactly what I did with the glasses, but on a lighter scale.
I like that I have included a range of tones in the drawing, and I enjoyed drawing it; being able to use different pencils to show different light.
To improve I could have worked harder on the proportions of the plates, especially the jug in the bottom corner, and I could have also worked a little more on the glasses in the top corner. However overall I am happy with my piece.
Below I included a photograph of the setup I worked from.
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