Gunman__12 x 9 oil_ v....vaughan

Gunman__12 x 9 oil on linen___$300 if you ask first

This one is juicy and really looks better up close. Click the image on the blog to see it big. It was a day to remind the students to keep BOUNDARIES on the shapes in your still life paintings

1. COMPOSE with shapes! Objucts are shapes. Big shadow areas are shapes. Negative space is a shape. Large highlights or color masses are shapes. SEE SHAPES!

2. Subdivide the shapes to describe more detail, BUT...

3. RETAIN the "nature" of the shape: its basic shape, and whether it is a shadow shape or a light shape.

4. ...THEN adjust the edges, whether soft or hard, and how broad or narrow the transition is ...(see the edge lesson featuring Michael Jackson's nose a couple days ago).

I forgot to click "send" for yesterday's lesson, a "Still Life Start", but I sent it to my Google group. If you missed it, I put it on the blog for yesterday...see it there.