Color in Art; My Still Life Painting, Flower and Fruit

This is my painting, Flower and Fruit Still Life. The dominant temperature is cool. I mentioned in my prior post that I worked with 2 pairs of complements; orange and blue, green and red. The dominant value is mid dark tones. While the objects are close to the picture plane, I made the background recede into space. I also changed the hue and value in the background. The color moves from dark black green to mid muted green. I made black by mixing a violet red with yellow green. I needed to add the orange hue elsewhere in my painting. I put some on the leaves. I couldn’t see another location that would suit my expressive purpose. The light source is from the above left side.

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Shapes in Art & My Still Life Painting

I am currently working on this still life painting. I wish to discuss shape. Shape is an area enclosed by a line or values. It is considered best to have an odd number of shapes. In my painting, I had planned to paint a third orange at the left side of the vase. My design is close to the picture plane and I felt this addition would not work. Shapes should also be unified. My positive shapes are circular and oval. Negative shapes are the background (back wall and table). I am using 2 pairs of complements; orange and blue, green and red. I plan to darken and dull the bottom 2 leaves and soften edges of the flower.

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A Different Composition for My Still Life Painting

This is my new still life painting, Mixed Fruit. It is on 20.4 by 25.5 cm (8 by 10 inch) canvas. The second image highlights eye movement through the painting. Many still life paintings are serene and calm; I wanted to make my painting dynamic and exciting. A horizontal format is calm. I used a vertical format that suggests energy and strength. The berries are close to the picture plane and therefore animated. The eye movement through the painting is rapid. The similar shapes and hues (color) of the orange colored fruit ensure a quick movement through the painting. The viewer moves from the berries along the path of the orange fruit. The eye then moves to the banana and back to the berries. The eye moves again through the painting. The muted background provides a resting place for the viewer. The compositional structure is triangular. The focal point is the orange colored fruit at the top of the triangle. The top of a triangle has strong visual weight. Like many Asian paintings, my still life is hierarchal in format.

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