The studio setup (which I'm actually working from)looks like the photo but the point of view in the studio is a bit higher...I can see inside the blue vase. The photo at this point just helps me with re-setting up my still life when I go next week. I also like to study the color a bit in Photoshop during the week.
My initial setup had several pieces of glass instead of the vase and onion and it was way too complicated to view as a light and structure design, so I chose the cobalt blue perfume bottle as the only piece of glass.
The cobalt blue glass perfume bottle has a light side and a shadow side, but Deb told me to structure the first layer with it as part of the dark value. I'm trusting her ;-)
This is the initial drawing with the light and shadow structure blocked in. The painting will be 12" x 16" on Wallis paper.
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The reference photo is very attractive, please show as as many steps as possible!
Beautiful still life set up. I hope you don't mind, I'm going to use similar set up for my students when I teach my colored pencil class next week. Like the blues of the vases contrasted with the brown/orange onions.
Your piece will be wonderful.
Hola Carolina! Como esta? (That's the extent of my Spanish without the dictionary :-)
So nice to see you. I will try to show as much as I can while I'm working on this. I appreciate your interest in my project.
Hi Kendra! Thank you...it took me quite awhile to arrive at this, and I would be thrilled if you were able to glean something from this for your students.
What I really love about this pastel class I'm taking is it's more about composition and design than pastel techniques.
In fact we have an oil painter, a watercolorist along with three pastelists in the class. And I bring my colored pencil work in for critiques. Deb has never worked in colored pencil but has helped me immensely to think in abstract shapes instead of photo-realism...which is where I want to take my colored pencil work.
Hi Cindy, I always feel that different mediums all influence each other. I enjoy working with oils and pastels too. I'm going to a week long pastel workshop in Tucson in 2 weeks. Can't wait. Instructor is Richard McKinley, have studied with him before.
Good luck with this composition!
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