I worked on this one a lot, perhaps too much…but I think the composition just has too many elements. Actually now that I look at it, if I cut off the right side - the orange teapot and bar — it might work….
Here’s a quick study from my sketchbook. I was copying someone else’s painting and I like how it turned out. Although it’s sort of annoying that this takes 20 minutes and it turns out better than my “real” paintings….
I agree about the first one but there is something striking about it. The strong purple might be too much. Good start on number two.
ReplyDeleteYes, it’s amazing how your first wash looks so good and then you have to finish it to get what you want. Or, you could just leave it. But that’s not what we do.
Look what I found after just one google search: https://kammteapotfoundation.org/product-category/collection/
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How many teapots do you have anyway? Do you borrow them from your neighbors when you knock on their door asking for sugar?
I like the purple and yellow but that orange teapot belongs behind the green pot.
I like the sunset peering over that tree line. It may have taken only twenty minutes but you put all those years of experience into it, and probably sitting so close by me and my little tidbits didn't hurt any, didn't hurt any at all.
Wow, thanks for that link. That is an amazing and fun collection! I probably have about 30 teapots and water pitchers, many of them made by Hall China in the 1930s and 1940s. Most of them are collecting dust on top of my kitchen cabinets…
DeleteI'm smitten with the middle one. I saw it in the process of being painted and the colors and shading are truly beautiful. I'm with you on the last one--it's just not fair when something comes together that quickly and is so perfect, while something you labor over is just so-so. As for the first one, I'm not sure. Maybe not too many elements, but too similar? All three of the smaller teapots are in row and they are the same size, so that may be what bothers you. Or maybe the main shadow is too solid? I'm not sure, but I love the highlight on the small blue pot to the left.
ReplyDeleteThe quick sketchbook painting is terrific. Enjoy it when it happens. The one just beginning looks intriguing already. The top one probably needs a little adjusting. What you did in class really made a difference. Perhaps lightening up the dark purple shadow (since all the other shadows aren't that deep?) and maybe the orange teapot needs a cast shadow that casts down onto a bit of the green and even the horizontal bar...
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