This was a fun experiment. I did a large painting with these green pears today, and had some time left afterwards. I wanted to see what would happen if I painted the pears FIRST, going past the edges with the colors, then painting the background and kind of fuzzing the edges a little. Unfortunately I came in too dark with the background and so I had to lighten it - thereby losing some of the fuzziness. BUT, I like this technique, especially when I have a lot of contrast. If I paint it the other way around I tend to get mud in the light parts.
2 comments:
Carol...I like the way you continue to use an economy of brushwork on these small works. I have purchased 2 of yourpaintings and show them to my painting students, especially pointing out your control of the square brush.
stunning colours, your contrast between vibrant light and neutral shadows is wonderful.
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