{"id":24519,"date":"2014-10-22T18:00:05","date_gmt":"2014-10-22T23:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=24519"},"modified":"2014-10-23T05:55:58","modified_gmt":"2014-10-23T10:55:58","slug":"creating-still-life-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=24519","title":{"rendered":"Creating a Still Life, #2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our fall session of art classes have begun, and for my first painting project, I decided to create and paint a still life.\u00a0 A lot of work goes into combining the perfect colors, shadows, lighting, spacing, and objects to form a good still life.\u00a0 (I showed you another one I put together here<\/a>.)\u00a0 Artists spend hours and hours getting it right.\u00a0 Thankfully, camera phones can ease the process these days because after a still life is set up, the camera can reveal if it is okay or still needs some tweaking.\u00a0 Many of the same rules can apply to creating table top vignettes.<\/h3>\n

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My first plan was to paint lemons in a blue and white container.\u00a0 (Ignore the background.\u00a0 The painted background would be black).<\/h3>\n

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The first take seemed flat, so we added a dish towel for interest and depth.\u00a0 However, when I started sketching the arrangement, I knew all of those blue lines would give me big time problems when I was painting with my oils so I decided to simplify everything.<\/h3>\n

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So,\u00a0 I found this yellow enamelware container on the prop shelf and added it to a lemon, a pear, a pomegranate and a clear bottle.\u00a0 Everything in a still life needs to play well with each other.\u00a0 My art teacher says they need to talk to each other.\u00a0 We didn’t like the clear vase.\u00a0 (Again, ignore the background.\u00a0 It will be a different color in the finished product.\u00a0 I’m just not sure yet if it will be black or burnt umber.)<\/h3>\n

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We removed the bottle, took the lid off of the container, and used it as one of the props.\u00a0 We picked a flower from outside and used it.\u00a0 We liked the way the colors in the flowers worked with the pomegrate, how the green pear worked with the leaves, and how the lemon worked with the enamelware.<\/h3>\n

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We then felt as if the lid was too prominent, so we leaned it against the container.\u00a0 We still<\/span> thought it was playing too big a role.\u00a0 There needs to be a star with a supporting cast, and the lid was competing with the star (the container) for the main role.<\/h3>\n

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We decided to put the lid where it belongs and play with the position of the flower.<\/h3>\n

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We also kept moving the way the container was pointing because the handle had to be just right.\u00a0 And do you notice something else that is different about this photo?\u00a0 Yep!\u00a0 We added more light so that we could see the shadows.\u00a0 We knew we were getting close.<\/h3>\n

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And this is the final one.\u00a0 Everything is playing\/working\/talking\/acting well together.\u00a0 The colors are good together.\u00a0 The spacing is right.\u00a0 The light is interesting.\u00a0 I will start painting it in class next week and will be sure to show you the final result.\u00a0 Don’t hold your breath, though.\u00a0 It will probably take me till Christmas.\u00a0 Seriously.<\/h3>\n

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Take care.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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