At home I played in photo shop to see if any improvement to the painting could be made.
The only adjustments I decided to make were to fix the flower petals, brighten the yellow and add more layers to the background. On the background another layer of magenta was glazed over, then neon red was added to darken it some more. Not sure if these changes made much difference, but I had no further inspiration. Thought about adding butterflies; but didn't have the energy to work on this painting anymore. Will file it away and possibly work on it another day.
Art Class w/Wendy - Still Life Acrylic Painting - I'm always interested in new aspiring artists.
ReplyDeleteOne thing I might suggest - to help you fast-forward your development. Entertain the color concept of 'Vibration.'
As an example - consider your original painting with it's blue sunflower. The mass of blue will vibrate within the viewer's eye should you add a dollop of say - Lemon Yellow into the center.
Vibration is achieved by massing a color - say blue against a spot of it's complement - say yellow.
You could also play with the background - basically a mass of a tint on the red family against say a thin line of yellow-green running from the top of the foreground bottle - going downwards toward the bottom of the bottle. This line should be placed 2/3rds of way from the left side of the bottle. It should not outline the bottle.
What will 'vibration' do for your pictures?
1- It will give you sense of satisfaction knowing you are employing an advanced technique.
2- It will give your paintings one element of the 'wow' factor. Which viewers love when they view a painting.
3- It will cause people to want to buy your paintings. You really don't want that to happen - do you?