"Orange, Apple, Teapot, Rose"

11x14 oil on stretched canvas

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Comment by susie gregory on March 9, 2012 at 11:34: i want to see it! - i started out in watercolors..and didn't realize it was the hardest medium because i was too dumb to know any better - i love it and after seeing the beauties in david's books i maytake another crack at it. i'm so invested inoil at the moment - i have so much paint...i could paint every day for the rest of my days and never run out...but wait... maybe i need that new color.....

Comment by Sharon Casavant on March 9, 2012 at 9:21: I like David Curtis' work, too! who wouldn't? I just finished a watercolor, but not sure if I will post it or not. I've only painted a few watercolors in my time.

Comment by susie gregory on March 9, 2012 at 5:29: turns out i got all three of his boook on amazon - i'm not sure how much painting i'm going to get accomplished in the next several days - the big ten tourney starts in half an hour! hoosiers play at two!! wish us luck!

Comment by Stuart J. Gourlay on March 9, 2012 at 4:15: Susie, once again it looks like you and I have quite similar tastes in our art. Too bad we can't paint as well as we talk, but maybe with a few more courses from Johannes and Richard we will be a little closer. No, I haven't even gotten beyond the still life setup in my visual mind to the actual physical setup. I have this neat biscotti jar from Gubbio that should work as the white dominant object, so I'm thinking of putting several biscotti among the oranges; that means I'm going to have to go buy some biscotti before I get started. I thought about a small glass of vin santo also, but that might make things a little too busy. Also, I suspect that Richard's next challenge will include a clear glass vessel of some sort in it, so I'll save the glass of wine for that. I could not buy David Curtis' "Capturing the Moment in Oils" fom North Light because it's out of print. I like his seascapes too, and I'll look for one of the DVDs with coastal scenes. Time to get ready to go do medicine. Stu

Comment by susie gregory on March 9, 2012 at 1:27: stu..after hearing about david curtis, i pulled him up on the internet...there are actually two artists by that name...and now i've bought three of his books..a light touch, capturing the moment in oils and painting with impact...i found them on ebay or amazon..devoured them all..and then bought one of his dvds..capturing the moment in oils from theartistsplace....i pulled up some of the little snippets on utube and fell in love. i, too, would do anything to paint like david curtis. it doesn't hurt that he lives in a fabulous place and travels often to paint..this video is great but doesn't have any beach scenes which i think are his forte..he certainly does not overwork! - anyway...i've already bought indian yellow and buff titanium...you can see them in my lion...by the way - in "a light touch" he's included a lot of info on supplies as well as three step by step demos. he has several other videos and i'm going to try and find one with beach scenes. have you finished your oranges?

...and sharon...thanks for your comments...you can't really see the red of the apple..it is so much better in person - stu made some suggestions and i tried to implement them but haven't posted yet....back to the drawing board for me...

Comment by Sharon Casavant on March 9, 2012 at 0:53: I love the softness of your style, but something is not right... I think you need another color in there. You have basically only white and orange. How about making the rose yellow? Then adding a little less chroma yellow glowing light everywhere ?

Comment by Suzy Johnson on March 9, 2012 at 0:06: I like this Susie, it has a nice blending of colors and softness.

Comment by Stuart J. Gourlay on March 8, 2012 at 17:34

Comment by Stuart J. Gourlay on March 8, 2012 at 17:33: Susie, your eye is going to rest on the pitcher, no matter what else. Your lid comes dangerously close to the "no-fly zone" of our teacher Johannes, but nothing takes your eye away frrom the pitcher. It is the tallest and brightest object in the picture, very stately looking and your lead in lines on the cloth and the objects around it all take your eye back to the pitcher. I don't think you have overworked it at all. The reflections on the pitcher if you pump them up a little will provide some increased visual interest (in my opinion). Yes, I have looked at your lion and he is really cool! And yes, Johannes really gave me some good tweaks (which I incorporated) for my painting. Send him something to critique, maybe your lion, or anything else. I am going to rock out on the rocks. I wish he would give a class in adding figures into your landscapes. I don't remember if I told you that I bought the David Curtis book that Johannes has on his reading list at the bottom, but if I did not tell you about it before, here it is now: "Painting with Impact" by David Curtis with Robin Capon. Really a fabulous book. Curtis' oils and watercolors are so loose and interesting and have a lot of "poetry" in them that really tells the story of the place that he is capturing. I'm eventually going to buy one of his DVDs. They are available in NTSC format on a website here, but not available from any major publisher. Here are two of his paintings from the book. The first is "Morning Coffee, Barcelona" and the second "Piazza Navona, Rome". Both are oils. I would do anything to paint like this. How about you? Stu

Comment by susie gregory on March 8, 2012 at 8:31: thanks for all that, stu...believe it or not, i've already liquined this and gone over a few things - my worry is always:..where does the eye want to rest? i was afraid of completing everything to the same degree..so the rose is more "suggested" than completed...i agree with the bounced light on the highlights, tho, and will fix that. i think i had more apple reflection on the teapot before i went back into it. i can't just leave things alone..."never done til it's over done"..don'tcha know!!..i appreciate your comments as always!!! did you see my lion?..oh - also - i really loved your street scene and thought johannes critique, although so minor, was very helpful! are you taking the rock course?