AP Warm-Up Exercise

At the beginning of each school year, I give my advanced students a series of "Warm-Up" exercises to dust off their brains and fingers.  This year I hauled a tub of tarnished silverware I collected from my mother's estate and started my class off with a photo realistic drawing exercise.  This is my example/demo piece.

I love to draw but rarely do much black and white, graphite pencil work to show or sell.  Like so many demonstration pieces, this 9" x 12" piece may never be finished but used for teaching specific techniques.