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Lesson 38 of 84 · Drawing

30 XP✏️ Sketch Studio

Still Life With Fruit (Part 4)

🎨Studio Brief #38

Arrange three pieces of fruit on a table and draw them from observation.

🎯 Your mission

Don't erase. Sketch over until it sings.

⚡ The twist

Don't lift the pencil until you're done.

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Mind = Blown

🤯 The pencil was invented over 400 years ago. Same idea ever since.

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Artist Spotlight

🎨 Quentin Blake (the Roald Dahl illustrator) drew with just one continuous line.

Practice observation in this art lesson: still life with fruit (part 4).

What You'll Learn

Arrange three pieces of fruit on a table and draw them from observation. Still life teaches you to see shapes, shadows, and how objects relate to each other in space.

Techniques You'll Practice

observationvalue shadingcomposition

Materials Needed

Charcoal (vine and compressed)Graphite pencils (full range)Bristol board

Step-by-Step Guide

0 of 4 done
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Where you see this in real life

Every comic, animation, and architecture started with a quick sketch.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Sketch one thing in your house you've never really looked at before.

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For the dinner table

Show me your sketch. What's the part you'd do differently next time?

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Still Life With Fruit (Part 4)

Don't erase. Sketch over until it sings.

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