This piece took around 1 hour on A4 using graphic markers and black ink pen, this was an attempt at giving surroundings to a still life formation, while the objects retain the ability to grasp the viewer's attention due to their unusual shape, the rest seems somewhat over the top, composition was important to keep the major objects in the scene focal points, rules of thirds is apparent within the image pointing towards both objects. The vantage point allowed for varied depth and interesting perspective.
The strongest element is the composition, the studies subject matter of environment helped create a composition something that is usually lost while dealing with still life. While this could be argued that it takes away from the concept of smaller detail on the objects as a focal point, it remains generally visually pleasing. The media of choice really worked well at creating a detailed weathered stone and other materials around the scene.
However the medium also played a part in the lack of quality which can be seen due to the lack of tonal variety, darker graphic markers would have helped darken the shadows and bring out more depth within the scene. This depth also seems to play a part in the strange sense of perspective which was achieved within this picture, more observational planning on the environment would help this image read easily to the viewer and remove the strange sense of perspective.
