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Light

We don't see objects as such, we see the light that bounces off the object. So drawing has to take this into account. This is also true when it come to light and shade, shadow is light in a different form, light has many disguises and the first part of recreating an object is to discover the different forms that light had discovered to be projected from the object, I made friends with light, I watched how it changes with time and tide.

I Watched an apple in a bowl of fruit transform over a day or two, I watched how the colour changed through the altering light conditions, through midday, afternoon, clouding over, bright sun. I saw how the bowl of fruit changed under artificial light. This can help when a time is chosen to draw the object.

It might be an idea to draw your object under artificial light so as to keep the article in the same light condition for the duration of you drawing, and above all have fun.