Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Silver Reflections

Here is the painting that I'll demo for my PaintingFriends group in IndianRocksBeach, Florida in August.  I first painted the teapot and smaller silver dish with the limes and lemons...but...it felt too cool in color.  Seems I just can't love a painting without using red and so I decided to add some color.  I mentioned in an earlier post that I'd found a wonderfully colorful blouse in my closet to use for a new setup.  I really patted myself on the back for adjusting the setup with the cloth and re-shooting the ref photo to superimpose on the drawing almost perfectly in comparison with the first ref photo.  So, I drew in the new colorful addition and painted over the little dish.  I can see the original dish outline because I know where it was, but when I do the demo, that area will be cleaner as it looks like I used a stainer in the silver...probably midnight blue or the neutral tint colors.  Painting silver is almost as much fun as crystal...but not quite...ha.  Anything with reflections interests me it seems.

12 comments:

  1. Amazing! Marvelous reflections. I can learn a lot from you. Thank you for sharing your works! :) Greetings from Poland :)

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  2. Thanks, Espero...thank you for stopping by. Reflections are always fun to paint. Greetings from Texas...:)

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  3. Mollie, it is absolutely fantastic. You are definitely on a roll. You go, girl.

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  4. Thanks, Mary...I really value your opinion of my work...

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  5. Mollie this is a stunning painting and is a great choice for a demo. Lucky girls I wish I could be there!

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    1. Thanks, Christiane...maybe you can come with us next year...we'll have a week of painting somewhere...we just don't have a place picked out yet.

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    1. Thanks for stopping by, Judy...we've missed you popping in on PF...hope to see you there again soon.

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  7. Mollie, the reflections and the colors are superb!!!

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  8. You're so sweet, Christiane...thanks a bunch...silver is fun to paint, just like crystal.

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  9. Absolutely gorgeous Mollie. :)) I love the way you handle your compositions and reflections.

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  10. Thanks so much Crystal...I love detail...probably too much...but reflections are so enjoyable to paint. Guess crystal and silver are my favorite subjects to paint...probably like you enjoy painting your portraits. Thanks for stopping by.

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