Week 8 - Reflective and refractive surfaces

This drawing took probably just  over an hour.
The perspective should be apparent in the sheets of paper under the objects. I put those in mostly to ease myself in seeing the refractions, but in the end I realised they are probably the only thing showing perspective in a fare amount.
Not much thought in composition... This setup seemed the best way to get some nice refractions and reflections, which were the things I was aiming for the most.
For a difference from my last drawing, I actually love the way this one turned out to look. I got a great bending of the sheet of paper in the glass to the leftmost side. I also got really interesting shadow rays on the right of the glass pyramid and some decent reflections in both the glass and the bigger candle. There is also some bending of the light in the top of the glass, and some interesting reflections inside the pyramid.
In terms of surfaces(non-reflective) - there are only the sheets of paper, the wooden table and the plastic chair in the back... non of which look shockingly realistic, but at least the paper should look a bit realistic with the little creases (which I am very happy with).

Week 7 - Directed study on various materials

This drawing took about 50 minutes. It was supposed to compare the different materials in the setup, but it turned out i'm very bad at comparing the materials of fries, bread, metal and the material of the burger box(not sure how it actually is, nor how it's called).
In terms of composition, i was trying to get the objects to overlap just enough so they don't cover each other, but also not to "kiss", i wasn't aiming at putting something in particular at one of the-rule-of-thirds points.
Another thing i payed a fare amount of attention was the shading of the objects. I tried to represent the volume and the curvature of the box as best as possible and i'm relatively happy with how it turned out to look. Also, i tried to over-express the stripes on the can's surface. But, as i mentioned, apart from these two things, i'm not very happy with the materials i tried to show.
Another thing i did was i enhanced the perspective just a little bit. This covers both the box and the paper bag for the fries.

Week 6 - Still Life

This drawing took about 2 hours in total to complete. I started with about 30mins of planing, measuring and sketching using a pencil, added shades with charcoal and in the end I redrew all the lines with charcoal just to keep the drawing consistent and to get all the lines visible again.
I did not think much about composition on the piece of paper while setting up my scene, I aimed at getting the objects at a slightly different distance from me so that they don't all start from the same horizontal line. I also  moved the candle around until I got it to be behind the banana, but not to merge or intersect with the bowl.
The scene had 3 light sources, 1 at the top (the lamp on the ceiling; casting very soft shadows on the board), one to the front left corner of the board(my phone; casting hard shadows from the banana onto the bowl and the candle) and the candle flame(casting a soft shadow on the bowl).

Directed Study Week - Landscape

This is what I drew in the directed study week, took about 3 hours in total. I was aiming at ending up with a detailed landscape drawing while taking into account perspective, composition and light.
As my previous drawings, this shows 2 point perspective (I was thinking on intentionally drawing in 3 point perspective, but that would have forced me to look up at a tall church and I didn't see any good composition opportunities there). The perspective should be obvious in the main outline of the building and the fences and the wall on the left, besides these I also tried to use perspective to give a little depth to the tree to the front (not sure if it worked).
As for composition, this time I decided to place the horizon line on one of the rule-of-thirds lines instead of putting special areas in the rule-of-thirds points and after that i just looked for a view that was visually appealing to me only trying not to leave any objects too close to the edges of the drawing. I chose this drawing spot because this way I had a tree really close giving me the opportunity to try myself at doing a fairly detailed tree, plus it fell perfectly into place right next to the building, filling up the otherwise empty sky. Also, the wall and fences to the left happen to break up the otherwise boring line of windows on the long part of the building.
What I don't like about my composition here is the big grass field on the bottom of the drawing, but any other movement would have broken my already fixed idea for the composition. Also, I did get that tree on the left right in front of the detail on the top of the building...
About light... again, it was a cloudy day, so there weren't any strong shadows. Still light seemed to be coming from in front of me and a little to the right and i've tried to show it both in the building and in the tree to the front.