Project 3: Still Life

My 3rd project is a Still Life project, I thought I'd never have to do Still Life again when I left school but apparently that is not the case. 

The brief to this project is...

'Still life can show us new ways of seeing at ordinary objects and it is one of the major genres of Western art. Principally, the subject matter is anything that does not move or is dead. So a still life includes a small grouping of all kinds of man-made or natural objects, cut flowers, fruit, vegetables, game etc. 

For this project you will need to design, model and render 4 Still life scenes using at least 6 objects that you have collected or found. Research and study various still life paintings and photographs and think about the concept you would like to convey in your scene. Consider the design elements such as the, colour, symmetry, pattern, shape, lighting, shadows and the mood with in the pictorial composition. 

Set the scene, choose the location i.e. table by window and the objects then model and texture them. Next arranging the objects until you find the most pleasing composition then add a camera and lights and render the scene. Rearrange the same objects and render scenes 2, 3 & 4.' 

The idea of this project is to think about texture, lighting,size, colouring as well as the layout of the objects, although this sound extremely boring to me, it will be important for future projects, including my current projects.