sketchbook

Assignment two

I have been asked to create an illustration of fruit or vegetables. One illustration for each of the ranges :   Summer   and  Autumn .

My images should be objective and based upon direct observation.

Then I have to create separate images for Summer and Autumn to describe the season itself.

I did a few sketches of summer and autumn fruits unfortunately there are not as that much of autumn fruits which grow in U.K

Autumn project

18.01.2012

 I completely forgot about a cook book that I have at home"Family meals for a fiver!", where I found a list of Summer and Autumn fruits .

 

 I did another research on Internet looking for some images about Summer and Autumn fruits.Than I took my sketchbook where I did a few quick simple drawings with a colour samples.

red/pink

blue/purple/brown














red

yellow/orange/red/

green/yellow/blue

red/pink/orange/peach

brown/green/yellow/red/pink

pink/blue/burgundy

I have also found some of my old sketches that I did when I went to a fruits farm last Summer:

This is my Autumn image created just a few seconds ago

 Summer

Now it is time for me go to my small art studio and create a good piece of Summer  fruits illustration.

I went to the supermarket to do a research yesterday.  I found out that they use only three examples of fruits for a display board. There colour of background is black which makes fruits more visible from the distance.

I decided to make some samples of compositions based on my current observation.

 

 

What I am looking for is the composition that will reflect the character of the season and the fruits.  I would like to create a vibrant image visible from the distance.  I would like to produce a high standard image that meets the expectations of my client and their customers.  I asked myself “what image would I like to see?”, so I came up with some solutions.

I bought summer and autumn fruits and took a photo of them, than I managed to work with them in Photoshop Elements to check how they look with different colours and which composition looks the best.

composition 1

This dynamick composition works well with dark brown background, vibrant green, orange and yellow colours.  The fruits look visible and appealing. 

                                                                  composition 2

This composition looks like one of the leading supermarkets so I definitely can not use this for my project.  However, it looks well , black background gives a nice contrast between fresh fruits.

composition 3



composition 4

composition 5

composition 6

composition 7

Composition from three to seven looks quite similar.  I have to say that the fruits disappear on the white background somehow.  I tried to use some of the summer/autumn colours in the background but I do not like the result.

23.01.2012

scan nr.1 - cherries

scan nr. 2 - yellow plums

scan nr. 3 - strawberries

          scan nr.4 - apples

       scan nr.5 - green/yellow/red pear

  scan nr.6 - yellow pears





Now when I got my initial paintings of summer and autumn fruits I can work on them in Photoshop Elements to create a final image

immage 1

                                                                 immage 2



24.01.2112

                                                                   immage 1

immage 2

immage 3

immage 4

This is my final image for Summer fruits :

                                             This is my final imafe of Autumn fruits :
                                         

I am very pleased with my last images for this assignment.  I am happy with the colours for autumn project where I decided to use only colours like browns and orange to reflect an autumn atmosphere. I did the same with summer but using colours like pink and red.