Still Lifes - Pencil & Paper

Currently obsessed with watching Razia Sultan. It's very addictive. Exerting extreme self control by not allowing myself to watch it during the day in an attempt to draw (I may have lapsed in my self control once or twice). Here are a couple of still lifes I have completed recently. The first is for Ian who helped me last year make wood boards with a routed centre, as I wanted boards that looked like traditional icon boards. In return he asked me for a 6 hour drawing. I thought he might appreciate the measuring tape and the eclectic still life (including a wonderful steampunk sculpture by Dan Gittens) as his workshop is full of different types of wood and different things. I hope he likes it!

K Fisher (2018), Still Life for Ian, Pencil on watercolour paper [210 x 148 mm]

The other is a still life I did at a friend's house who went through a stage of collecting jugs. She said she stopped when she realised that a true collector has to collect items they don't like to have a proper collection. I found it quite amusing yesterday when she said she found something I did 'appalling'. I knew at the time she thought it was a bit naff but she hid her 'appalled' feeling very well! Chuckle. The sun is shining yet again - bliss!

K Fisher (2018), Still Life Vessels, Pencil on paper