"Still Life is the best subject in art for learning and teaching the skills of drawing and painting. It teaches you how to look at objects and see them like an artist - with a conscious awareness of their outline, shape, proportions, tone, color, texture, form and composition. "
This tutorial offers some useful tips and techniques for composing pastel drawings. It also walks you through the steps involved in drawing Still Life images -- from sketch to paint. This is definitely a very useful tutorial for any artist.