Empty Red Garlic Pastel Sketch

I played in the pastel dust a little today for the Scavenger Hunt from Life 170. Three items from the Hunt list: empty container (oil bottle), red (apple) and garlic.

This is on wiped off Pastelbord and just about an hour from brush off to photos, 9 x 12 inches.

Item numbers 2, 3, and 4. Click to see larger images.

Setup below:

I like to look at a painting in black and white to check my values. You can see a lot of mistakes that way.

The painting/sketch was a bit darker than I planned on the dark board after the wipe off so I played with it in Photoshop and changed the colors and lightness of the background. Fun just to see how the background affects the colors.

I doubt I will change it in real life, but fun to see.  It was fun to get my hands in the dust.  (I did wear latex gloves.)

We put the flag at half staff for Charlie Kirk today.  I'm not that religious but I liked that he let anyone speak regardless of opposing views.  He would give them the microphone and lay his down and listen.  We need more of that kind of debate in our country.  We aren't that different in core values.  If congress would do the same, our government might actually work.  There is no give and take in conversations anymore.