This art piece is a still life of two oranges, two paint tubes and one spray mist (Ted Baker ✨) I have a LED light adjustable lamp which helped me control where I want the shadows and lighting to be.
This still life took roughly 6 hrs or more. The mediums I used was a HB mechanical pencil(0.5mm), 2B, 4B and 6B pencils, 2 erasers (One is a circular type, that can rub out small amounts) and a white pen (Sakura Gel).
I first started of by sketching out the shapes of the items in front of me, once I was happy with the look I started with the first paint tube. The hardest part of the paint tube was the cylindrical parts of the shape, I wanted to use perspective for this drawing but I still struggle with perspective, especially with ellipses and I am working on it now and as I said in the previous post I am behind work so I don't have the time to go over and over again. But in future I'll definitely use perspective to get more accurate and better quality work. Afterwards I went onto the two oranges and again I couldn't get the texture right which made them look like balls instead of oranges and unfortunately I couldn't make the highlight stood out even when I used my sakura gel pen, I also need to work on my shadows. But next time for sure I will get better. I am proud of this work though, as I achieved contrast between light and dark elements! :D
Another thing I found interesting when creating this still life was the difference between natural light and artificial light, artificial really made the items very bright!
