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| This background color is a taupish-gray that I'm really liking; it reminds me of damp clay. I used my white chalk pencil to sketch it in. At this point, I still liked the composition. (It's hard to see my half-point hash marks, but they're there.) |
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| Next, found the darkest darks. I love how this easy step gives so much dimension to your objects and sets your composition "in place." |
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| Usually, I would save my lights at this point, but I wanted to get a little of this turquoise color down first. After I did it, I didn't really like it. It seemed over powering, and it wasn't easy to tone down. |
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| After saving my "whites", I blocked colors in, dark to light, one color at a time. |
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| Lastly, I added the background, keeping it cooler than the silverware overall. Then I tried to refine, working here and there. This is the part I over analyzed until I just could not see it anymore.
Sorry to get you to the end and then just say, "And this is were I lost it!" Ha! Almost sounds like an April Fool's Day joke.
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| Started with the sketch. Notice my half-point hash marks. I always do that. It makes this part so much easier. And believe it or not, I carefully "posed them". I didn't just throw them down and start sketching. You probably can't tell tho. HA! |
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| Found my darkest shadows. It gave form to my composition immediately. Notice I also saved the little bit of pistachio green right away. Couldn't wait for that part! |
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| Here the background went down. I kept it very subtle. It's a cooler gray color, as the pistachios are a warmer color and I wanted them to pop up off the canvas. |
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| When I mixed the color for the shells, I mixed it dark then used that to mix variations of lighter values. I laid this in darker to lighter, sometimes integrating a bit of the background grays to the shells' undersides. |
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| #038 - Spoons-A-Mok |
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| #043 - OJ By The Slice |
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| #046 - Oranges Reflected |
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| #047 - Icy (Sorry, I know it's kinda hard to look at! haha) |
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| #050 - #050 Yup! Named the number. I thought it seemed significant! :) |
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| #053 - Silverware - Umber Challenge (Response to a challenge) |
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| Step #1: (After getting composition set up) I sketched it in with a Raw Umber wash. This one came out more detailed than usual. I try to capture shapes, values, and the flow (or movement) of the reflections. |
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| Step #2: I blocked in the lightest lights and the darkest darks. It's important not to lose them! This step takes about a minute, and defines the movement... to me. It's my favorite minute! :) |
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| Step #3A: I started blocking in medium tones. This is also the step to make sure to pay attention to color.... move around the canvas getting it in, color by color. |
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| Steps #3B: I kept blocking in medium values. Here I moved from blues/purples to greens and yellows...there's actually a touch of red too, but it's hard to see. |
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| Step #4: I continued filling in color, focusing now on more detail, and trying not to lose highlights or my darkest darks. |
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| Step #5: From here I started cleaning up the edges -- making sure not to lose my shapes -- and filling in places I've left unpainted. Next I focus on accentuating highlights, and laying in shadows. (see final painting) |
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| Step 1: Sketched it in, paying attention to value, and double checking composition. |
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| Step 2: Grabbed my greens and tried to catch the swirling motion in the silverware. |
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| Step 3: Filled in my color, making sure not to lose my drawing. Saved shadows and highlights until the end. |
