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This was more for practice than anything else. I watched a video on values and read a chapter in "Daily Painters" on values. I'm also still trying to get acrylics to look like oil paints. I learned a few things by doing this "study." It's hard to see values when the apple changes color on top where the light is hitting it. Dark red mixed with white looks chalky not lighter. Backgrounds are hard to paint when the lighting on your subject is coming from a lamp right next to it. Shadows are not as dark as you think they are and a few other things I can't remember right now, but I hope I will remember them when I paint something else again.
Really wonderful painting! Very thoughtful and I love that the apples fir into the surroundings so nicely. It all works together. Great!!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Melle. I wasn't sure I could get a good composition out of two apples, but since they overlap I guess that's considered one object. I tried to vary the negative or background spaces also. I had to adjust the horizon line too; somehow it got stuck right in the middle of the vertical side. So I moved it up a little.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful painting! Your lights and shadows are really great!
ReplyDeleteThanks Chris. I enjoyed browsing your inspirational blog. I found it after you made the comment on Karen Margulis' blog, about not feeling guilty about painting the same thing twice or more. I had been thinking of doing a couple of things over again, but didn't know if it was OK to do. I guess it's never comes out the same twice anyway.
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