Week 4: Still Life, Part 2
This week, we further explored still life with monochromatic painting. Prof. Garguilo created 3 setups around the room. These contained boxes and balls plus black and reflective items. The three displays follow:
The goal of this exercise was to recreate the still life paying close attention to values, including the values in the reflections. We were given two class periods to complete out paintings.
I chose the first still life because I liked the challenge of the reflection.in the coffee pot. The stark contrast of the black and white items also intrigued me. After the first class session, I had a good representation of the still life, however my perspective was slightly skewed on all of the items.
As we started class on Wednesday, I knew I had to get the perspectives fixed on each item, plus work on the values in the blocks and ball. The black brick was the easiest item to fix. I had spent quite a bit of time studying my photograph and realized that not only was I not seeing so much of the top, but the edge of the brick was slightly skewed away from me. By changing angles, I was able to bring the brick into proper perspective.
The perspective on the box and the opening of the pitcher were also skewed, and the original values in the sides and shadows of the box were not well-defined at the end of the last class. With the help of Prof. Garguilo, I was able to get the proper perspective on the box and then adjusted the values on the shadows. The shadow of the pitcher was deeper than the side that was away fro. The light source. And the top of the box had lighter shadows than the side. This also caused me to reassess the shadows on the table and adjust them as needed.
Finally, I worked on adjusting the values on the ball. This probably took the longest time as it is important to get the shadow shifts correct to achieve the 3 dimensional effect of the sphere. In the end, with careful color mixing and blending, I was able to achieve the look I was trying for.
The goal of this exercise was to recreate the still life paying close attention to values, including the values in the reflections. We were given two class periods to complete out paintings.
I chose the first still life because I liked the challenge of the reflection.in the coffee pot. The stark contrast of the black and white items also intrigued me. After the first class session, I had a good representation of the still life, however my perspective was slightly skewed on all of the items.
As we started class on Wednesday, I knew I had to get the perspectives fixed on each item, plus work on the values in the blocks and ball. The black brick was the easiest item to fix. I had spent quite a bit of time studying my photograph and realized that not only was I not seeing so much of the top, but the edge of the brick was slightly skewed away from me. By changing angles, I was able to bring the brick into proper perspective.
The perspective on the box and the opening of the pitcher were also skewed, and the original values in the sides and shadows of the box were not well-defined at the end of the last class. With the help of Prof. Garguilo, I was able to get the proper perspective on the box and then adjusted the values on the shadows. The shadow of the pitcher was deeper than the side that was away fro. The light source. And the top of the box had lighter shadows than the side. This also caused me to reassess the shadows on the table and adjust them as needed.
Finally, I worked on adjusting the values on the ball. This probably took the longest time as it is important to get the shadow shifts correct to achieve the 3 dimensional effect of the sphere. In the end, with careful color mixing and blending, I was able to achieve the look I was trying for.
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