Fine Art workshop week one; Still Life study in pen and water.

 Our recent project is in the Fine art workshops, where we have been asked to do studies of still life, landscapes and portraits. In our first week we have been studying still life, and were put around a large setup, and asked to study it. In the first part of the lesson we drew the study in pen (sketched out briefly to begin) and then added water. The water makes the pen blend a little better, as it seeps into the paper and disperses, giving quite a rough effect. I enjoyed doing this as  found that the more water you add to the page, the paler the pen showed up, and was interesting to create different effects. As you can see in my piece of work, I added more fine liner in certain areas to create shading, and splashed some water on (especially near the top) to really make the pen blend out into the paper.

To improve my work I would probably add more detail into the right section, and maybe add more into the piece overall.