Watercolor 1: painting fruit or vegetable, in progress...and completed

Here's the finished painting with the shading done in a mixture of orange and blue. Paint any fruit or vegetable you want, just remember to use complimentaries to shade. So, for example, a green pepper would be shaded in a mixture of green and red, its complimentary, and so on...click to enlarge. Due 3/4.

Step 1 done- light oranges and darker oranges (layers!), no shading with complimentaries yet..and purple and yellow for the cast shadows...this will be done by the end of the day!

I chose to paint an orange...the colors in the photo are ultra- saturated and look much different in person, one of the problems with painting from photos. I painted this from life, so my colors are a little different.

Painting 1: One fruit or vegetable

paint one fruit or vegetable, in your sketchbooks, using complimentary colors to shade. So, for example, I chose a banana, so I used purple mixed with yellow for my shading. I used no black for this at all, just the primaries plus white to tint the highlights. I took the liberty of using light blue for the white if the paper it was sitting on- which makes the shadow a mix of blue and orange (complimentaries!). Due 2/27.

the final painting.

mixing the yellow and the purple for shading.

sketch, palette, and fruit.

Painting 2: Self-Portrait

one self-portrait, done in your sketchbooks, any medium you wish. I drew with pencil from my iphone...Due 2/27.

Watercolor 1 Assignment

One object, sitting on a surface, showing figure/ground relationship (paint shadows..). In watercolor, black and white (or in my case, Sepia- oops). Click on the image to enlarge. Also, refer to the previous post for an earlier look at the process. Due 2/25. Enjoy the holiday!

Painting 1 assignment

Pick 2 items to paint- this can be anything- as you can see here. A rose from valentines day....Using a strong light source, and only black and white paint, paint the 2 objects, paying particular attention to the figure/ ground relationship (how they are sitting on a surface). Remember, shadows have shapes! I'm including several steps here so you can see how approach things- blocking in shapes with washes of paint in the beginning, establishing value relationships, and finally refining things with a thicker application of paint. This is not that much different from your previous assignment, aside from the addition of another object, but I really want you to emphasize the light source here- make it as strong as you can, and think about the surrounding area more. the addition of a second object forces you to do this to a certain extent as well... also notice how I'm using the whole page....Click on the last image to enlarge. Due 2/20.

Watercolor1: also stay tuned....

Not done yet...plus I used the wrong black!!

Painting1: stay tuned...

I will post Friday afternoon...