Unwrapped Clementine

5x7 on museum quality board. Oil.
#9 of 365 Paintings in 365 Days

This is a still life set up in my studio in a shadow box that I made from a cardboard box; painted from life.

Learning Points:
I used only one brush for this painting. A #10 Robert Simmons Watercolor Round. I am working on loosing up and gaining better confidence with brushes, instead of using a little bitty brush and holding it like a pencil (with my face inches from the canvas) for details; I am using a larger brush and standing away from the canvas.
#2 Flooding color around my area of interest to make it stand out more
#3 Having a balance of soft and hard edges
#4 This is the first time I have painted "crumpled" tissue paper...it was interesting; so a leaning point for sure

Am I only suppose to pick one "learning point"...?

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Comment by Jeri McDonald on January 11, 2014 at 12:32: So realistic! Great work capturing the realism and textures.

Comment by Pauline Le Merle on January 11, 2014 at 9:52: Super Pandalana! the colour of the orange is exactly right, nice composition.

Comment by Christine Lewis on January 11, 2014 at 6:37: very very nice job, it's just beautiful!

Comment by Silvana M Albano on January 11, 2014 at 5:29: Pandalana, you are doing wonderfully! I lovethe list of all your learning points! Wonderful painting!

Comment by Pandalana Williams on January 11, 2014 at 4:59: What a wonderful way to start my day...to see you 2 here with wonderful compliments! Thank you!

oops, I will have to work on painting paper some more if it looks like foil...I will do another one today with some type of paper in it....actually I have done a painting with some flat pieces of colored paper...and my origmi bird...forgot about that...but nothing like this with white paper that is crumpled...so I should have said "crumpled paper"...this was tissue paper..so I need to find a way to show its "thin-ness"

Comment by Ann Turner on January 10, 2014 at 19:29: I stole Michaels "bravo" It is a great word for extremely "like" and I use all the other words often. I think I need to buy a Thesaurus if they still sell them :D

Comment by Ann Turner on January 10, 2014 at 19:26: Flooding color is great and gives energy to the painting, I thought the paper was foil it is so lovely and reflective of the color around it. Bravo for the big brush challenge ! It works !

Comment by Michael J. Severin on January 10, 2014 at 19:11: Bravo Pandalana!! great work here. Nope, the more learning points, the better, I would say.