365 Paintings in 365 Days #53

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5x7 inches. Oil on Board

Ok, back to work...
Learning points:
1. Glass. How to paint the little blue glass art squirrel convincingly. I painted what I saw. Sort of. I walked around the squirrel to find the most interesting lights and darks that also showed the squirrel, and painted those instead. I used French Ultramarine Blue and White only. Using pure color for the darks, and pure white for the light reflections.
2. Metal. I tried to paint exactly what I saw. I struggled with the wet on wet a little bit and the little canister ended up being shorter than it is in life, but all in all I think it is good. I left some details out on the clips to make it more interesting. I made the handle darker against the lighter metal colors and light against the dark. And put "air" around it more than I normally do because I wanted it to look really shiny.
3. The background is a light color which is what I need to work on. I blended the table color up into the lighter background to not have a harsh line.
4. Limited pallet. Ultramarine Blue, Yellow Ochre, Burnt Umber, White.

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Comment by Pandalana Williams on February 25, 2014 at 11:20: Thank you!!! :D

Comment by Christine Lewis on February 25, 2014 at 10:23: Love it! Just looks so well executed...pleasure to look at!

Comment by Michael J. Severin on February 25, 2014 at 2:02: Really nice Pandalana!! I personally think this is one of your best (they are all very good) due to your nice handling of edges, paint application, harmony, texture ...etc. Mostly because I can see that you were observing what the light was doing to forms! .....your gradated cast shadow is a direct result of your keen observation of the EFFECT of cast shadows. The reflected warm light at the bottom of your pot, gradates to a cooler reflection as it turns from the light source ..but still a little warmer due to the table top ..which is gradated nicely.....all a result of observing what the light does, not what you think it should do! I see you used a cooler light source on this one? Very good piece of art.