Wine Bottle and Flowers on a Table

This is one of my first attempts at a still life drawing. This video I originally did quite a long time ago and re uploaded it.
The actual drawing itself is 24x18 inches on bristol vellum paper. The whole drawing is done with pastels. It took me about 4 hours to completely draw the picture.

I really have never done a still life before and thought it would be a good Idea to give it a shot and see how well it would come out.

I started out by taking a small coffee table from the other room and setting that up with a small flower vase, wine bottle and some fruit. After that, I hung a green cloth behind the whole thing and draped it over the back half of the table. So, I had a whole live setup for this drawing to draw from.

I started out lightly sketching where objects would eventually appear on the page. After that, I started to go a bit bolder with the lines to finalize where everything would eventually be placed. I drew in the back drapery first and added highlights and shadows to it to show depth and to make it actually resemble cloth. After that, I erased out where all the objects would be placed so it would be easier to put more color down. The vase was hard because it was clear and I had to show the colors from the drapery reflecting through the glass. The apple and the pear were quite simple to draw in just by using a variety of colors and using them to make the apple and pear more 3D like. The wine bottle was a bit difficult. I tried my best to replicate what was on the label but it wasn't easy. The table was simple since it was mainly a single color and just colored the whole thing in.

The music is by Kevin MacLeod and the song is called Modern Jazz Samba