Shadow Still Life

The task involved creating a large still life composed of various objects with strong positive (main objects or subjects) and negative shapes (space around and between the objects). The final piece is also painted with Acrylic ink.

During the process, I photographed different bottles, and spheres, and included the face figure for variety. The positive shapes are represented by the darkest areas and shadows of the objects, while the uninked leftover space serves as the negative shapes. I also included highlights within the shadows.


Original Image


Sketch


Final