AfterChardin

Done as part of a class in classical painting (i.e., on gessoed board, with hand ground paints and Maroger medium). Lots of glazing and scumbles over a burnt umber tonal under painting. I like direct painting better. Anyway, Chardin is a great resource for getting ideas for still life arrangements. Michael's excellent painting inspired me to post this.

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Comment by Betsy Jenkins on July 12, 2014 at 14:17: Thanks Lori and Mario. I did this a few years ago. Wish I could paint like this alla prima! But that's a whole 'nuther kettle of fish, as they say down here in Dixie.

Comment by mario alberto velazquez on July 12, 2014 at 14:00: Wow, as a great old masters !!!

Comment by Lori Ippolito on July 12, 2014 at 13:34: Absolutely beautiful!!

Comment by Betsy Jenkins on July 12, 2014 at 12:30: I wanted to add that I bought some maroger medium from a certain company that advertises it. The paint went down nicely, but a few months later, all my whites were yellow! Don't bother with this stuff unless you know the producer and have seen some of their older paintings!

Comment by Betsy Jenkins on July 12, 2014 at 12:27: Hi, Jeri,
This was done in the classical method: You paint a monochromatic under painting in raw umber. You don't move to color until you get the values right. Let it dry, then paint in thin glazes over the under painting. We painted on wood boards primed with lead based gesso made with whiting (very fine lime). The paints were all grinded by hand ...powdered pigment ground into black oil, which is a lead based medium that is cooked on a stove (very dangerous procedure!) The medium is maroger medium, which is made out of lead and mastic.Its jelly like and allows for the glazes. It was a good project, but very time consuming. You appreciate what the old masters did, but you also come to appreciate alla prima.

Comment by Jeri McDonald on July 12, 2014 at 11:53: Hi Betsy....is this a wet on wet technique or did you allow layers to dry before adding more paint over the darks and mid values? Curious. This is very well done. Your perception for color and value is right on.