I'm fascinated with drawing right now. I'm learning to look. With the small amount of time I have during the weeknights, I find I can do a drawing in under two hours.
I started out drawing the horizontal line in the background. Then I drew an outline of the front of the bowl and then drew in the outlines of the fruit. I sketched in the cloth and double-checked the overall placement of the objects. I added a few details, used an HB pencil to darken the outlines, and then started the shading.
I've been starting out with my 5H pencil to shade all the dark areas. Then I use 4H and 2H to darken certain areas of the drawing (that's away from the light). I go all the way up to 3B for the really dark shadows. I use my blender stub to smooth out the contrast areas and soften edges where needed.
I drew this using my Prismacolor Turquoise Art Pencils (5H through 3B) on textured Bristol paper.
