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Bringing Colour to a Still life ....

My first painting for 2014 is a 'still life'.

This week I have been working on a study of fruits. As I had promised in earlier posts of still life arrangements in colour, I have created a simple one here as a study of colour, tone, shadows, & light. I have found that trying subjects I have not worked on for awhile does help to reconnect with the fundamentals of composition as well as implement shadow work and the use of light,direction and perspective in a painting. In this piece I have tried to intentionally reduce the subject matter, simplify and avoid cluttering the arrangement so as to focus on the fundamentals.Still life drawing allows me to brush up on my methods for paintings and also sometimes where a new idea comes from for a future painting. I feel with still life drawings I  preparing myself for making a painting in the future.
Below is an  illustration of the process for the still life, the first picture being the real life still life... ....You will notice I adapted the original photograph as I went along with the painting, adding light on the candle and grapes and a mango instead of a pawpaw to add colour and variety......

 

                                                    




  
                                                        still life copyright protected 2014




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