#still-life

[opashoo]

So I am not a painter and color/value is actually one of the biggest things I struggle with, but I've been doing 15-minute painting studies of clouds before finally moving onto more solid subjects. I've been watching videos of other artists' processes and listening to their advice, and I gotta say I'm really happy with how much I'm learning.

These are posted in chronological order with about a week and a half between the first apple and the can, which I did just today. The first apple is kind of embarrassing to post but it was an important step to realizing that I just need to worry less and things will work out.

Some of the thoughts I was mulling over while I painted today

Something that I heard today from a HeavyPaint process video is that the artist didn't concern themselves with picking accurate colors, but rather colors that were interesting to them. The important thing was to maintain the color relations. It makes sense because the color relations (and by extension value relations) are what convey the edges and form of the subject.

It reminds me of what I heard yesterday, that "Art isn't about drawing what you see, but what you want your audience to see." Originally I was very concerned with capturing the colors and values as closely as possible and hoping that by doing that, I could convey the edges and forms. This time, by focusing less on that and more on making sure the colors *relationships* are maintained between the colors I *am* using, I was able to effectively convey all the planes and shapes, which are the actual important thing to me.

[antoniettabrandeisova]

Franz Leitgeb (German, 1911–1997)

Floral piece with roses

oil on wood

50 x 40 cm. (19.7 x 15.7 in.)

[vintage-ukraine]

Still-Life Kyiv Style by Oleksandr Liner, 1997

[jinxproof]

© Daniel Archer

[arinewman7]

Giorgio Morandi

[oli-draw]

Apple, grab the apple!

[wweeird]

56/100 like botanical watercolors but inverted

materials: a blue pastel pencil by Derwent, a white Posca, a pencil from Faber castell. the sketchbook page was prepped with watercolor.

it’s 3materialsdrawingchallenge hosted by @/naomitippingillustrator, @/charlotte.durance and @/kathryn_boyt. the point of this challenge is to draw every day for a 100 days from life using just 3 materials and for no more than 30 minutes.

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[ramonasphotos]

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[billspenglerphotography]

Sorry, it's been while . . .

Something life gives you another direction to follow for a while. Here is something I just came up with with a quartz geode and a red laser. Enjoy!

[happywebdesign]

Sam Hofman

[sh-photogallery]

This black and white picture of an old wooden door was taken in the former mining town Humberstone in the Atacama Desert in the north of Chile

[sspacegodd]

Still-life in motion.

[shibaritruth]

[vintage-ukraine]

Still-Life by Yevhen Hordiiets, 1982

[jinxproof]

V Mag #152 | © Richard Burbridge