Preliminary pencil study for the Etiquette Vanitas oil painting, originally it was intended to be a simple contour drawing to transfer to canvas, but I was just having too much fun with a pencil.

The majority of my still life works begin with a simple but descriptive contour drawing, which works out the composition and suggests the shadow side or turning point on the form. This is typically more than enough information to move on to the next stage of paint. Especially for any monochrome underpainting.

I pushed this one quite a bit further. In a preliminary drawing you can do a great deal of problem solving. By simply dissecting the imagery, exploring the shapes, form and value relationships. You really familiarize yourself with the subjects and those nuances that first attracted you to it. This process seems the most natural for me and the most challenging. I feel that I am looking through a lens and slowly turning it, focusing in on the subject through my mind’s eye, interrupting it as I go. Becoming more aware and knowledgeable about this thing before me as I progress through the process of creating the image. As I describe the effects of the light, it becomes more and more dimensional and real to me. And enjoyed fleshing out the value relationships in this drawing.

Drawing, graphite and pencil on paper.

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Vanitas II – Etiquette - Study Drawing

Jim Serrett

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Preliminary pencil study for the Etiquette Vanitas oil painting, originally it was intended to be a simple contour drawing to transfer to canvas, but I was just having too much fun with a pencil. The majority of my still life works begin with a simple but descriptive contour drawing, which works ou...

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2016

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Still Life

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Year Created:

2016

Subject:

Still Life

Styles:

Figurative

Realism

Fine Art

Mediums:

Graphite

Pencil

Black & White

Paper

DETAILS AND DIMENSIONS

Mediums:

Drawing, Graphite on Paper

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One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:

35.6 W x 27.9 H x 2.5 D cm

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Not Applicable

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Not Framed

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Certificate is Included

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Painter / Artist I describe my work as realism, because I am interested in depicting the subjects I choose to paint, as I see them in nature. I am fascinated by the way things look, painting for me is about seeing, to spend time with something so that I can really begin to see it and explain the subject with as much clarity as I can. It forces me to study and understand a thing or an idea and observing those things that might otherwise might be overlooked. I hope to seduce the viewer into the painting and if they meditate on it for a while, they may discover deeper, more specific layers of meaning.

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