Guitar - A Work in Progress

Today was the last of the Still Life classes at KAGS until we start back up on 13 September 2012 and our theme will be musical instruments again.

We had a guitar, a mandolin and a tambourine as our musical instruments today along with sheet music, and the mandolin case.

I tried sketching the still life composition a number of times and wasn't successful with getting the angles correct; so I chose to work on one section of the guitar, at least that way I would have something to show for my time.

I liked the strong contrast of the dark opening with the light strings picking up the light and the white highlights cutting across the polished wood of the guitar.

It is a little part of the entire still life composition but once finished I think it will be an interesting little painting.