Section A: The same exercise as we did in class, now with a still life with objects found around your home.

1. Set up a still life with a strong light source coming from one direction, either from the left or right.
   
   1. Choose 3 objects of 3 different colors.
   2. Overlap two objects, and seperate one object from the other two with some space.
   3. It is important that your objects are divided between light and shadow. If your objects are illuminated on both sides, or in the shadow on both sides, the optical illusion will not appear.
2. Draw the outline of your still life.
3. Once you've finished your outline, look to see which areas are darker and which are lighter. Remember to use the comparative gaze.
4. Push and pull on your drawing to make the outline disappear into whatever area is darker.  When an area is darker, add charcoal. If it's lighter, leave it white paper.
5. Optional: If you want to take this exercise further, go to section B.
6. Continue until you're done.
7. Sign it!

Section B: If you want to challenge yourself:

1. Pay attention to the difference in tonality of the tonal relationships and express these differences with the greyscale.
2. Express the entire range of tonal values (white, light grey, medium grey, dark grey, black) in your piece while also pushing and pulling.
   1. For example - related to our class photo reference, the tonal values of the body shadow on the fig on the top left is tonally darker than the body shadow of the fig to the right of it. To make this exercise more challenging, you would mention this difference in tone.
3. Continue shading your drawing until done.
4. Sign it!

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