Below I worked on the grapes. I didn't like them as dark as they were so I lightened them up a little with purple,crimson and a little white. They still need a dark middle to them, but you need to put in some lighter color at the bottom and some at the top of the grape to give a translucent look to them. When they are dry go back and add a touch of white for a highlight where the light source hits them. You can also see where I put in the lace edge of the cloth. I just did this with white and a touch of blue. When it dried I went back with a dark color (blue, purple& burnt sienna) and hit the edges a little to give the impression of a shadow underneath the lace.
Here is a close up of the teapot after I put in the handle and highlights. I feel another painting coming on. I think I'm going to do the teapot again but have a gold underpainting and scratch out the areas where the gold and metal are on the teapot.
I brightened the red of the apple and put in the highlights on it as well. Also on the garlic. If you look real close on the garlic you will see the blue and purple I put in there. I was trying to make my shadows cool colors since I had a warm light on it.
Here is the finished painting. I will probably put a coat of liquin on it when it dries so it will have a completed finish.
Bring you paintings back to class on Wed and we will work on them some more.
Plus if there is something at you home that you would like to put into a painting, bring it and we will see if we can put it in a still life. If you want make one of those little things I made out of foam core so you can bring it to class and make your own still life. You can also use a box on its side.
See you wed.
Debra
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