Perception of Color Drawing

I was entirely intimidated by this assignment because I've never drawn in color before. However, I'm really excited about it now because I'm learning a lot and I think it's going very well! The assignment is mainly focused on our perceptions of color, and really learning the difference between that and local color. Also, one-point perspective is applied in this drawing which is different than what we've done all semester. Nancy (my teacher) always tells us to draw what we see but this time we're skewing that a bit to make it appear more realistic. It's kind of an oxymoron, but our eyes play tricks on us!

We started by doing two rough sketches of the still life. My first sketch was awful. We could either start the sketch using one-point perspective, or just rough it out first, then correct it using one-point. I tried the latter first. It didn't work out well. But here is my second sketch, in which I applied one-point from the beginning. It turned out a lot better.

We then had to transfer our sketches to our toned 18"x24" Strathmore. Sorry about the low quality photograph, I took it quickly in the back of my car.

Then the next week I started adding color, and here's what I have so far:

I also fixed some of my lines on the right side of the drawing to better fit the one-point perspective. 

But so far, I'm having a lot of fun with this drawing. Although my back is seriously killing me by the end of class....and for a few days after that. Imagine sitting in a drawing horse for close to 5 hours at a time. I probably need to see a masseuse, or a chiropractor. Or both.

Anyway, this drawing won't be completed until about the middle of April, but I'll keep you updated!