So the three image-types I'm going to teach are landscapes, still-lifes, and portraits. My last post, I painted a couple of landscapes; now I'm addressing the still-life problems.
Don't comment on the comp; I know it sucks. What I'm really trying to figure out - what I have a hard time with - is color variation as form turns. I thought the raw umber/ultra blue would address the warm/cool, but I found that my shadow's still weren't warm enough. I ended up adding more cad red to the shadow of the squash and the oranges. Any thoughts on shadow temperature?
I also didn't start with white on the palette. In an effort to unify a light source, I mixed a warm, dumbed-down white to use for highlights and such. I'm not sure if it made a difference at all. Perhaps you guys would know better how to unify with a light source.
I had a heck of a time photographing this thing. Some of the background dried faster than others and went chalky. It's also a little fuzzy; for the choice of photographs I had, I thought I would sacrifice some crispness for the sake of truer color richness.
I need useful things for teaching. Shadow temperatures? Unifying the palette? Anything else?
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