Composition and Compositional Principles (Part 1) - Still Life

The task for today was to produce a minimum of five thumbnail sketches for a still life setting, experimenting with different compositional and lighting changes. I was having a massive art block and was confused most of the time about what to do while I was in the studio despite watching the video twice.

Luckily I asked the tutor and they guided me throughout the class.
I was confused at first about how to draw a still life when it is not in the position of what is in front of me before I drew the thumbnails.

Thumbnail sketches

I sketch out 5 sketches in total with the one on the very left as the original composition of what the setting is in front of me. I kept the composition in the triangle form and ended up choosing the last one that form a right angle triangle to guide the line of each object's height.

The one I choose as the final composition

Process

I started by making grids and sketch out lightly of the object's placement. 

Simple crosshatching and where the light/shadow is

Rendering

Final Piece

I have been drawing the same vase over and over again throughout this year and somehow non of them looks the same. I really do like the end result and how it turns out desite this week being quite a rough week for me. I think I am too comfortable with irregular shapes of the flowers, the more solid shape objects are not as too acurate to the perspective. I will surely try to improve on that and see my process throughtout this term.