For this exercise I was asked to draw two objects with reflective surfaces, I chose two glasses. I set them against a black background (two black tshirts taped to the wall.) below are some experimentations of layout. 

I was asked to use charcoal and a putty rubber and to work large scale (a2). I found this exercise difficult. I felt like I was constantly not happy with my work, however instead of constantly throwing my work away and re starting I decided to pursue my drawing and battle through. I tried to show the reflected light and shade of one object falling onto the other and I tried to focus on the shapes, shadow and light. 

I started my work by drawing my objects basic outline then adding the basic lines of shadow. 

I used my white paper to represent my lightest tonal areas. I started with the mid tones and worked up to the dark tones. I tried to lift out the smallest lightest tones with the point of my putty rubber (however I found this difficult as it didn’t seem to lift as much as I wanted it too. I tried to use the sharpest edge of my charcoal to work into the finest details. 

Overall I am not especially pleased with my drawing. I did find it incredibly helpful to be directed how to use tone effectively, however I think that in future I need to spend longer in the beginning stages working out the exact shapes and forms of the objects individually and in relation to each other before I start to add the tone.