I did this picture using charcoal and putty rubber. My main focus for this drawing was the shading and lighting. The entire piece of work is drawn from charcoal, i didn't draw it out in something like pencil first. Charcoal is great at showing how light interacts on different shaped surfaces as it can be smoothed and blended together, or highlights can be easily applied with a putty rubber. From where i was standing the objects were very light as the light source was right next to me. This meant that i got more practice with the putty rubber putting in light areas and reinforcing reflections. the objects further back weren't get that much light and as such are covered in shadow with only the tip receiving any form of light. For the drapes i shaded them all in making them quiet dark and then went back with the putty rubber bringing out the lighter areas. The dark shaded back ground not only serves to highlight the light areas but also frames the image quiet nicely. If i was to fix anything there a couple of areas where i have an almost halo effect round some of the objects where there are white spaces, i only noticed this after i had set the charcoal making it very difficult to change.