Wednesday, August 06, 2008

Daily Painting Practice - Plum Shades

Another day another color combination to play with.
The plums really stand out against this old piece of pottery.
The thing that is giving me the most trouble is how much detail to show in the pottery. Too much and it comes forward and takes away from the plums.
I thought I had it at this point but there were a number of things that bothered me. The foreground for example... don't like it.... take it out!
click on the image to enlarge the painting

Plum Shades
original by Peter Yesis
6"x6"
oil on canvas board

I also put a layer of background color on a ran it into the shadow side of the pottery. Then went back in to bring out some texture. It has a real southwest feel to it. Don't you think?

3 comments:

Marilyn M. King said...

Peter, I agree, southwest feel. I think you nailed it in regard to the amount of detail in the pottery, the fruit pops!
I wanted to thank you for the "smile" blogs and also for the recent addition of the still life set-up photos. It is really helpful seeing the subject that is being painted as well as the wip photos.

Anonymous said...

The foreground without the edge does look to be a better balance to me. I like this piece and the flowers below.

Thanks for your mention of our blog.

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