Still Life 15 - Low Key
This was fun. I kindof overworked the back side of the globe and some tweaking could be done to the shadow, but I don’t think it’s too bad for a 3 hour painting.
This was fun. I kindof overworked the back side of the globe and some tweaking could be done to the shadow, but I don’t think it’s too bad for a 3 hour painting.
Next up is a High Key painting. I was going to use white shells in a glass bowl, but then thought better of it. I need to be realistic in what I can accomplish in the time allowed for my assignments. So I went with cup and saucer (actually a bread plate), lemon, and tea bag. I think it turned out okay. This was a loss-stress painting!
One Word: YIKES! Painting the illusion of fabric is much harder than I imagined. I do okay with pencil rendering of fabric, but painting it is tough.
Had to paint a patterned object this go round… Wish I had more time to paint. This took about 4 hours. I know it could have been better if I had more time!!
This was another assignment we had combining the glass and reflective objects. I kindof ran out of time and didn’t have a chance to fix the elipse on the glass. But I’m pretty happy with how it turned out.
So now I’ve moved on to exercises with reflective objects. This first one is brass. It was harder than I thought! This is the setup and the finished painting.
Whoa. Learning how to paint glass was interesting… In concept it’s easy: paint what’s behind the glass. In execution - not so easy. I had to short change this assignment a little - only spent 2 hours on it. I do like the distortion, but I should have spent more time on the shadows. Oh, well. On to “highly reflective surfaces” next!!!