Still Life as Portrait

Image taken from http://thepaintednote.com/

This project is related to objects that are related or represent a person's personality. Find something that you associate with someone special or relevant to your life and draw or paint with materials appropriate to the subject.
If you who love working in portraiture you can render the person with the object, or you can focus on  just the object itself.
Some examples:
If your daughter likes horses you could draw her riding gear
Does your significant other have a favorite coffee cup or chair?
Your grandchild's  favorite toy?
Is your son a musician? Draw his guitar or drum set.

This project examines how colour and materials used in a drawing makes an impact on the visual impact of the drawing.
 This project would be best suited to working from life but photos or memory is acceptable too.  Consider the materials and colour of the paper carefully, what would best suit the personality of the subject of this drawing? These may be different than the actual object you are using for subject matter. Cool blues and grays on smooth paper? Rough charcoal or pastel on heavy textured brown paper? Soft  washes on creamy watercolour paper? Pen and ink on recycled paper like sheet music or other "found" paper? Try to bring some experimental approaches to this project.
If this project moves you, repeat it again with a different person and different materials.