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Day 38 New still life in oil. Spent literally days trying to arrive at a composition I felt good about – I should’ve just painted something “ok” jinstead. Painted the block in straight in oil this time around – no pencil sketch or transfer underneath. Trying a different medium. I think I have enough background color mixed this time around to adjust the shapes as needed
Day 37 (messed up the count on the previous post). Continued the charcoal drawing with my local art teacher. Almost done – one more session.
Day 35 – posting for yesterday. Went to an Urban Sketch meetup. The experience was nice, but the output was pretty bad. Did a couple attempts at drawing a Victorian house, but the proportions and details kept tripping me up. In hind sight, I should’ve sketched in the major vanishing lines and been more focused on big shapes before tackling details.
Day 35 Current state of painting. Flawed, for sure – the shapes of the vessels got away from me and the shadows are probably not consistent. Although I have a bit of light blocking set up around my still life, the time of day and weather outside has had a huge impact on the subject – in addition to the organic components shriveling up and changing color. It’s been a fun project, but I’m ready to put this piece behind me and try out something new
Day 34 Started to put in the flower and the porcelain cup. Feeling less confident about this endeavor. Toyed with the idea of scrapping it and starting over with some “better” idea, but I think there’s still a lot of learning to be gained from this piece. I should reserve judgement until it’s done
Day 33 Cont. Painted in the background and corrected some shapes in the process. I was so worried about painting the copper pot, but it already looks like copper, just with the under painting and a few darks. The background is pretty opaque and lifeless, but that may work to my advantage – we’ll see. Learning as I go, about brush and paint behavior. A little “scared” to tackle all the items that matter – but hey, worst case scenario I’ll do a new painting and use what I’ve learned
Day 33 I sprayed my under drawing with fixative, but most the lines disappeared when I applied the under drawing. Debated which painting method to use – Alla Prima or layered, and I hope a hybrid approach will work (use a fairly dry under painting and then complete most of the picture in one go). It’s been an immersive learning experience already
Day 32 Cont. Line under drawing for still life. Don’t feel confident enough to lay it in directly with oil paint
Day 32 Value study for still life challenge. I like that the simple study already hints at surface characteristics. It’s not the most arresting of compositions, but it’s not utterly awful either – I think I’ll add empty space to the left of the objects. I’ll attempt this as my first real oil painting, and it will be challenge enough.
Reminder to self: use every opportunity to draw shapes as well as you can, even if shape is not the focus.
Day 31 Studies for this month’s still life challenge. Exploring composition and capturing details of the lily that’s bound to change before I finish the oil painting
Day 30 Frustrating day. I’ve sat out on Friday figure drawing for two weeks until today. Somehow I thought the general drawing practices would translate, but today felt like never held a pen before. Then, did some quick value and color sketches for the April still life challenge, but it doesn’t feel right yet.
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