Painted a green apple today. I'm going to try to do several paintings of green apples in a row to see what I can learn from it. This painting probably should have been easy but it was hard for me. First, the green colors were too transparent. I had to paint several layers before it thickened up and then it took me a long time to find green colors that I actually liked on the apple. The apple has a lot more blue in it than I really wanted. I had pretty much given up on it and then it kind of pulled together at the end.
There are lots of things I read about...edges, brush work, VALUES especially, color mixing, compositions and more....
Zach got me painting classes as a gift for our anniversary this year. They start in mid-June. It is a really sweet gift but I'm really intimidated by it! I think it will be so good though to have someone I can learn from and ask all my questions.
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