Colour Accuracy
I did a Still Life in Part One with an apple and a lemon using a glazing technique that I liked for the vibrant colours of the fruit. This time I decided to add a somewhat tarnished silver jug to the original composition, made some sketches to get used to the shapes, and took some photographs to help me decide the composition.
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Having decided on my composition I began with the under-painting in Ivory Black WM Oil, making sure that I got a more even and better paint application than I had in Part One, using a rag and kitchen roll paper to get a more even colour as per my tutor’s advice.
This time, instead of using fast drying medium as in Part One, I used thinner, and although the drying time was not very different it did make a difference in the glazing - though in some places it was too opaque to show the black underpainting - on the lemon and on the table. This despite using the same colours as in the previous exercise. The glazing of the apple was however more successful.
Colour Accuracy version
When I had nearly finished the piece I could see that the colours were more accurate. I like the apple very much and the natural complementary colours make it look more vibrant. The lemon could have been a little warmer, but wasn't too bad, and the colour of the table surface where I placed my composition is pretty accurate. The tarnished silver jug was a big challenge however - I tried to make it look metallic but I couldn’t quite manage it even though the colours are about right.
In order to give some drama to the whole piece I decided to apply a dark background in Burnt Umber - big mistake and at this point I started hating it. The colour combination of the jug and the background did not work at all - the orangey shade of the tarnished silver was clashing with the warm reddish Burnt Umber.
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