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I don't usually do still lifes, but had decided to give one a try because it fits in with a themed show that is coming up. Right away I should have been wary, but still I forged ahead.
I got out my glass, my bottle of wine and some cheeses and got started. I was actually pretty happy with the result (except when at the last minute, I decided to add a cheese knife) until my husband, Gastone, looked at it and declared the background "too dark".
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I usually don't take criticism well, but he and I have learned to wait until I ask for it. Well, since I HAD asked for it... I took a day and decided that he was right. So I set about lightening it.
Okay... THEN I thought I was finished, but after I had photographed it, I decided that the background STILL wasn't light enough. So I changed it again... leaving lots of thick juicy paint on the surface. I photographed it again. THIS time I decided that I didn't like the temperature ... not so much the value... of the background.
So in I went AGAIN to change it to a warmer background. I had a huge amount of fun mixing up large piles of color which were the same approximate value but which tended toward the green side, or the red side or the blue/purple side. I think I like it the best now.
I think.
I did have lots of fun with my piles of paint... however it may have turned out. And with dark paintings... It is AMAZING how different they look under different lighting conditions. For now the one on top is the best I can present you with.
Bon appetite!!
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