Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Peaches and Brass Candlestick

Sometimes painting just amazes me. I remember when I went to my first painting lesson about 3 1/2 years ago; my teacher said, "You're going to train your eyes to see things in a different way." I wondered how in the world I could do that and really didn't understand what she could possibly mean.
But, I do see things in a different way now. As I was working on this, I just couldn't get the brass right. I looked again... and I saw it; there was green in the brass! Hmm... Who knew! Suddenly a blotchy, yellowish, lumpy stick became a brass candlestick! Voila!

I painted this as a challenge piece for Rookie Painter. I love the concept of this site - an image is presented then artists are invited to create and share art inspired by that image. It's so interesting to see the diversity in style.

2 comments:

  1. I love your interpetation of this subject. The candlestick is great. Check out a challenge at www.paintanddrawtogether.blogspot.com Hope you will join us there.

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  2. Your peaches look good enough to eat. The complementary background sets the oranges and yellows off and the brass gives interest in texture to your composition.

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