Where do I begin?
Well, in the case of still life paintings, this is where I began. I learned... make that... I began to learn about soft edges and shadows. It was also my first attempt at a metallic color... yeah, looks like I needed a little more practice at that; my pewter is a little (ok, a lot) purple-y. I did learn about placing the objects in a pleasing way (overlapping, not straight on), but I hope my next lesson was to use the whole canvas - not just the middle!
I love looking back. Right now I'm very discouraged with the painting I'm working on. Seeing how I have grown as a painter reminds me that learning is hard! Maybe looking back is the encouragement I need to move forward.
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Will you paint my child?
And as you do, can you change the shirt color, put back the feet that the photo cut off, fix the messed up hair?
When I discovered I could make colors and shapes look like faces, friends became more interested in my paintings. I got a little more accurate and a little faster with each one, so I began to think I could accept any challenge.
As it turns out, yes, it is possible to do all of those things. I just shouldn't have tried to learn so many things all in one painting. There is one more very important lesson I learned while working on this painting... painting three little faces is three times as hard or time consuming as painting one! Imagine... how could I not have figured that out ahead of time!
