This demonstration is courtesy of Dan Gray.
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Cherry Bomb Still Life Demo
I was out in the forest with an Oldsmobile but the rain started to fall so back into the studio with a still life for rest of the day
Layout
I am using tobbacco coloured canson, I work all over including the background
Adding definition to my objects
Warming up, working from light to dark
Refining
Warming up the base and adding more blossom, refining detail
Background
Lowering the contrast and working the background
Final work
Working all over on detail and values, cooling the background to try and make the blossoms jump
Cherry Bomb
18″ x 20“
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Jo Castillo on Sat, 13th Mar 2010 10:06 pm
This is great. I see your plein air pieces often. You do a great still life as well. Love the colors.
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hector on Thu, 16th Sep 2010 6:49 am
Great post! You really did a great job transforming the picture. love the finish product.
cat@self help healing arts journal on Fri, 24th Sep 2010 12:09 am
This piece is very nice. I used to do chalk pastel but gave it up cuz i just wasn’t that good at it. but i did like the silky smoothness of it. Thanks for the lesson, it brought back old memories.
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Ron & Joann on Thu, 16th Dec 2010 8:17 pm
Thank you again Dan. Very nice.
Robert on Mon, 10th Jan 2011 9:50 pm
I used to do chalk pastel but gave it up because I just wasn’t that good at it. but I did like the silky smoothness of it. Thanks for the lesson.