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.
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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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