Pastels are my choice for painting color. They are rich, quick and beautiful. The paper from the last few pastel sketches was utilized yet again. I rarely use a patterned background. Enid talked about that in class so I thought I would try that and put a piece of wrapping paper navy blue with colored circles behind the cookies. Then decided it was just a sketch and did not color in the navy blue, just left the color of the wiped off paper. That is lazy but I was not making a painting just making a sketch. Patterns could be fun. Carol Marine does that on many of her still life paintings.
https://www.carolmarine.com/artwork#/category=All&mode=search
For Scavenger Hunt from Life 11
https://creativespark.art/threads/scavenger-hunt-11-jan-29-feb-6.3337/
Number 6 sweet - some cookies from Buc-ee's. Pretty good but big. Gene and I split one cookie.
We are in the cold today. It is 30 degrees, supposed to get down in the 20s. We have a little sleet under the trees and along the fence but the sidewalk and road are just wet so far, no ice.
We've had 4.65 inches of rain in two days.
3 comments:
Love the cellophane look to the bag of cookies. Nice!!! Sounds a little chilly...probably colder than it was here today. Luckily the last few days were warmer and a lot of the snow is melting and most has fallen off the bushes and shrubs. You had a lot of rain! Hope it warms up for you!
When I saw the pattern background, I thought how cool! Great idea and it is fun with the package of cookies - like a party!
Joan, thank you. You know clear cellophane or glass is not easy. I have to remember to paint the light and that helps. We thought it was warming up but cold again this week (as I answer this so late)
Bag Blog, Carol Marine does a lot of patterned backgrounds. Enid pointed out some of the masters that used them very effectively, too. It was fun.
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