Red Grapes White Jug Anjou Pear #3

Here is another white jug. I found this easier painting it but having trouble with the transition between light-side and shadow-side on the white jug to capture the roundness, also the shadows on the jug may also be too purple. I've been painting in the evenings and I don't know if I just can't see well enough or that the lighting I'm working with exaggerates the colors, same problem as earlier pieces and that Richard pointed out for me in his critique. There is a black card on the shadow side of the setup. This piece I painted before I got the critique and there was helpful pointers in that regard. I may not get another piece done before the close of this challenge but I sure love this new little jug. I went away momentarily from the wood and put down a piece of black granite that has a reflective surface, that was fun.
Oil on Canvas Panel 12"X12"

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Comment by Ann Turner on February 24, 2012 at 14:24: Reflections add another dimension to the painting. Nice job, still life is your forte.

Comment by Dee Berridge on February 22, 2012 at 5:17: I like this simple triangular composition and the reflections in the granite...and those grapes catching the white from the jug. Very nice.

Comment by Sandra kelly on February 20, 2012 at 19:39: great painting plenty of lost and found edges

Wow your grapes are great you have them so realistic

Comment by Kari Hogden on February 19, 2012 at 21:23: The grapes are wonderful!

Comment by susie gregory on February 19, 2012 at 10:28: like it a lot!! and i really like the reflecive black granite -

Comment by Dorian Aronson on February 18, 2012 at 17:38: Leaveing a large mass for the cluster of grapes and only defining 5 but being unable to stop! makes me smile, thank you for explaining........dor:))

Comment by Denise Maxwell on February 18, 2012 at 16:46: Thanks saghi, Dor after I posted this I thought it looked too blue still. I had photographed this late in the day and I can't do that without too much cool light hitting the picture and I can compensate but then I need to have good light to do that work by. Anyways I was waiting for a nice day to photograph again but it didn't come and I've been working away from home all week. Just got anxious to post it. I tried to just leave a simple large mass for the shade of the cluster of grapes and just define no more then 5 of them but of course I couldn't stop there. I sure find them fun to paint. The pears are being trumped by grapes now for me although the pear here is front and center still.

Comment by Dorian Aronson on February 17, 2012 at 14:26: I love you your new little jug too. Good for me to see you working so hard to get it right...........lots of smiles.......dor:)