Still Here Still Life # 95

Still here still life is a drawing challenge account on Instagram (@stillherestilllife). This painting is based on prompt #95. Recently, I’ve been gravitating towards still life more, so I decided to give this prompt a shot after following the account for some time.

The painting is created in Procreate using gouache brushes. I found it quite relaxing to color in the checkerboard table. It’s a nice, easy pattern that requires some thought to ensure the right squares are done, but still relatively relaxing since it’s a bit repetitive.

I really liked how the original image had a lot of pinks even though I didn’t end up using any of the colors directly from the reference photo. Next time, I might experiment with changing the layout of the objects on the table into something new versus drawing directly as its laid out in the photo. Perhaps a more interesting grouping than floating around, sort of unanchored. Thoughts? Leave a comment below!

Still here still life prompt #95