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So today I learned a very important lesson about the importance of lighting! On the left is what I had begun painting without turning off the lights in the room, as we had done during the other painting periods, and on the left, is what I ended up painting after I turned off the lights. Before, I was just kinda guessing what the values were, with little to no success, and only after I had done the entire part like that did I realize that I really, REALLY needed to turn off the lights. So after I was actually able to see the differences in value, I was able to paint a much more realistic version of the spherical part. Throughout this process, I have surprised myself with how much I'm actually enjoying oil painting. Going into it, I was not very excited because I just thought it was going to be tedious and boring, but it turns out that I actually like finding the subtle nuances in the values in the still life and then applying them to my painting. I also mentally have learned that taking it slower is better and I have learned to pay a LOT of attention to what I see and what I paint, almost like playing a "Spot the Difference" game but just in the values of the objects.
So this class period was a little shorter and so I mainly focused on the base/very bottom of the sculpture and getting more detailed with the values. I think it turned out ok? The roundness of the base seems a little off- I think it's because of the darker values that go more in a straight line than mimicking the curve so I'll try and fix that next class. Based on our time constraints I'm going to try and get as much of the grisaille done as possible so that way I can just say I chose to paint in black and white but we'll see how much I am actually able to accomplish...
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AuthorNatalie Kim is a senior at MLWGS who likes to do art, take pics, and pet puppers. Archives
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