One Per Day

Day 1- chillies

Inspired by the gradual wilting and ripening of the chili bush in my garden

Ink pencil on paper.

Process-

I copied the image off a photograph taken in the garden. The colouring started with the trunk, and then the chilies, then the leaves. I went over these with water to blend the colours to a more accurate consistency, which didn't work out quite as well as it could have.

Reflection

Generally the drawing accutaely represented the chilli bush. The main problem was with the colour choices, as selected pencils that I own were not the same colours as the plant and were not easily mixed. The shapes were about as accurate as I could get them without tracing.

Day 2- Chillies

Inspired by the gradual wilting and ripening of the chilli bush in my garden

Watercolour and ink pencils on paper

Process

this image was also based of a photograph, set up as close to the first image as I could get them. The shapes were outlined to ensure accuracy. The pot was coloured first, then the trunk, leaves and chilies. I had to go back over a couple of times with water and pencil to touch up the colours, and the make sure they were as right as I could get them.

Reflection

Due to the wilting of the leaves, this image was easier to colour. this was also because of the wider range of colours that I had to use. In this case, some of the colours smudged (as watercolours do), but the pigments were more acurate in colour than those of the first image. The shapes were also closer to the original.

Day 3 chillies

again, inspired by the wilting and ripening of the chilli bush.

Wax pastel on paper

Process

based off one of the previous photographs but with the colours changed to represent the real life change in colour. the general shape was sketched first in pastel, then filled in.

Reflection

this image was much more rouch and sketch than the previous images. I feel like, while the shape was not quite right, that the drawing accurately represented the way the plants changed over time. the colours were pretty much the same colour as those of the plant at the moment.

Day 4 chillies (it rained)

As before

watercolour paint was used because I got new paint and I wanted to test it out...

Watercolour paint on paper

Process

Outlined the leaves based off previous photographs, filled them in with paint, blending the colours so that they were as close to the leaf colour as possible.

Reflection

I felt like the watercolor paint accurately showed the new colour changes on the plant, and really showed how alive it is now. the shapes were also about as close as I could get them to the original images. the images don't really show the different colours in the leaves, which unfortunately can't be helped.

Day 5 Chillies (chillies started to dry out again)

As before

Watercolour on paper

Process

outlined shapes, filled them in with paint. used masking fluid so achieve highlights

Reflection

Due to smudging and colour run, this image was not as accurate to the plant as it could have been. some of the colours in the leaves were not quite right, and most certainly not the colours I wanted them to be.

Flower

I saw this flower and noticed how eye catching it was, and how it certainly wouldn't last long.

ISO- 125

Shutter Speed- 1/1000

Aperture- f4.3

Process

I took this lying on the ground right up close to it. I'm fairly sure I used the macro preset on my camera, but I can't be sure.

reflection

I had another photograph that was similar but darker, but it didn't have the same effect as this one. I feel like this photo was particularly successful because I managed to capture the luminescence of the flower.

Pocket watch final attempt

The pocket watch is something that was immensely popular in its day, but has dwindled in use since then.

ISO- 6400

Shutter Speed- 4/5

Aperture- f5.6

Process

Using a book/box lid a a rest, I took a series of these photographs.

Over the course of a fair amount of experimentation with settings, this turned out to be the best of the images. it was the image that best showed what I wanted from the photograph. the following photographs are tests which were all either really bad, or not quite right.

Pocket watch test - flash

ISO- 400

shutter speed- 1/60

apperture- f5.6

While this was the clearest image, it was too bright, and the light was too cold for my liking. The glare was also too bright, with the light from the flash reflecting off the wrapping paper background.

Pocket watch- so blury you don't eeven know what it is

ISO 6400

Shutter speed 4/5

Apperture- f/8

I obviously didn't use a rest for this one, which is why it turned out so blury. It had the warmth of light that I liked, but it wasn't clear enough to do any good.

Pocket Watch- Even more blury than the last one.

ISO 6400

Shutter speed- 1 second

Apperture- f5.6

The main problem here was the slow shutter speed. Even so, I rather like the effect of the movement.

Typewriter- final submission

As with the pocket watch, the typewriter is something that has been pushed out of use by more effecient devices (the computer)

ISO 400

Shutter Speed- 1/60

Apperture- f 4.5

Process

I set up the typewriter on a black wrapping paper background and draped it with the copper fairy lights. over the course of many experimentation, this turned out to be the best photograph.

Reflection.

While this photo didn't capture the warm light I really wanted, it was the most effective and best looking image out of all of them.

Typewriter- rubbishy background

ISO 400

shutter speed- 1/60

apperture- 3.5

I found that this would have been the best of the images, and I liked it the most out of all of them. The only problem was my set up- I didn't cover the background enough and therefore had floor and wall in the image. which was a shame, because I really like the image.