Colour Accuracy
- cndartstudio
- Apr 2, 2019
- 2 min read
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.
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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