This is a very important exercise to experiment and explore different media showing the ways in which they behave on different textures and surfaces for drawing and painting.
Here I am showing the different images of the same object that I have produced in many different ways.
I have chosen a banana with a bite taken out of it.
The first picture shows the different materials that I used for these pictures collected together with a bulldog clip.
The next two pictures show the banana painted with water colour on to a plastic surface.
Then I sprayed some water on it and stuck it on a window.
This next picture shows the banana in a Gouache style on kitchen roll.
After a little bit spray water.
Felt tip pen on post it notes.
Charcoal
After using rubber to smudge it.
Coloured pencils
Children’s felt tips.
Water colour
Gouache
Gouache on black rough paper
Gouache on a information paper
Collage on the packaging I had from a plant I purchased
Collage on a toilet roll (trying for 3D effect)
Collage on a toothspace packing (3D)
Stippling
The last two pictures I have drawn 3 bananas on a sketchbook’s paper then I made a 3D banana model with pieces I had cut from a washing up glove.
I liked this task a lot. I will continue to try new methods in the future.