# Still life with graphite

**URL:** <https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/still-life-with-graphite/2051>\
**Category:** Share Your Art\
**Created:** [March 6, 2022, 4:46pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/still-life-with-graphite/2051 "2022-03-06T16:46:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Corrado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@Corrado](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Corrado)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 4:46pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/still-life-with-graphite/2051/1 "2022-03-06T16:46:00Z")

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Hello everyone,  
This is my first time posting something on the forum.I always wanted to do so but for some reason I never found the time to do so, until now. For this drawing I used a reference photo, the reference photo from “gettin sketchy live” season 2 episode 3. Although I didn’t put a time limit on myself, I just tried to draw the subject as realistic as I could. I also did not use any blending stumps to make the challenge even greater.

 ![IMG_20220306_172736](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thevirtualinstructor/original/2X/1/14d2b5695c32e2218ab39ba8e0c79febd8a3de47.jpeg)

I hope you like the result. And if you have any tips or criticism, pease let me know. I can always improve.

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**Author:** ![sterlingsiam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/sterlingsiam/32/30_2.png) [@sterlingsiam](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/sterlingsiam)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 2:41am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/still-life-with-graphite/2051/2 "2022-03-07T02:41:56Z")

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Hello Corrado! I love what you did with this. I had to go look at the original Gettin’ sketchy reference to get a sense of what you were dealing with. You did a fantastic job on the reflection and on the values. I think you controlled the application of graphite really well and were successful with the shadows. I am not sure whether it is an illusion from the photograph, but it seems that the tall vase is a little bit off near the lid/neck. Only one constructive criticism for future drawing: be careful of your contour lines - some of them are a little too intense (tall vase, small reflection on the left). This detracts from your really good shading. Still, it remains a well executed drawing. I like the vignette effect. Thanks for sharing this!  
Patricia.