As long as Becca's lemon was still ripe, I thought I'd paint it again. I love this little pitcher, and the two together made me think of making tea. Then I decided that they were dancing, hence the title. The process of coming up with a title can be pretty bogus, really. Maybe I should try harder to figure out what I want the painting to be about, then reflect that in the title. See this prior post.Interestingly, I've also read that it's best to have an odd number of objects in a picture (and, personally, I think things like shadows are objects in a painting). Here, there are two, so I tried adding a tea bag on the right, but it wasn't happy about it.
In the prior painting I was also intrigued with what you can do with underpainting. And I've noticed that when I see a painting in process (think YouTube), I often like it better before it's finished. In the prior painting I really liked the block-in. It has something electric about it. So, for this one, I tried blocking it in with hot colors:
Maybe this is too much like 60s psychedelic posters. I'm not sure, but there's definitely something interesting about it. I may have to play with it some more.
I really like this piece, Connie. I like the composition, and the underpainting gives it a certain electricity. I've enjoyed reading through your blog, about your experiments with supports and cropping, etc. Great work.
ReplyDeleteHi Dar (cool name). Thanks for the kind words. Speaking of experimenting, I once had a college art teacher say "Connie, when are you going to stop experimenting?" and my gut reaction was, "I hope never!" But I do get the idea; at some point you have to decide on something and pursue it. I'm still figuring that out. I'm glad the experiments are interesting. And thanks for dropping by.
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