This painting of cheeries and china is one of 4 that I have drawn off. My original idea was to teach myself how to paint the gold trim on the china, but I have really benefited from the glazing of the cheeries. Started off way to timidly with my reds and had to go back in and reglaze them many times. However, I did get depth and I couldn't seem to get it with just one pass. Good learning curve for me. I think I enjoyed painting the china the most. May go back in and tweak the left hand top and side a bit more, but it's my practice to live with a painting for several days before I call it done. I am going to change the colors slightly on several of the other drawings and will probably redraw this on a half sheet size. We'll see just ambitious I can get with a larger piece.
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Mollie this one is a winner that's for sure. The cherries, the china are so stunning. Great work my friend.
ReplyDeleteThanks Christiane. I have promised myself to paint daily again like I have in the past and it's easy to do when you enjoy your subject, isn't it? I do love working with reds. Your work is beautiful, by the way. Love that last post of the rose.
ReplyDeleteMollie I think that wonderful depth of color came from the saturation you got with all the layers of glazes on those cherries. You're right, its hard to get it in just one pass! This is such a marvelous piece!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for taking the time to stop by Debbie. You know how much I value your critiques!
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