I had someone ask a question about "why" and "how I did the background?"
I painted the pears first, let me back-up and say, "I painted and re-painted the pears!"
I wanted a complement to the light green, so my first thought was some shade of red.
As I looked through my tubes of reds, a beautiful transparent orange caught my eye.
I applied the Transparent Orange, but it didn't feel right once I was done.
So what do you do? I tried lightening one side with White and it just turned, chalky!
Time to step back, take a seat and think about this?
Next I tried a transparent brown, and that seemed to do the trick.
Now the stems didn't show up! I tried highlighting them with white,
but that wasn't a good choice either!
Using Orange to play off the warm background was my next decision!
This is only a few of the hundreds of decisions made during the painting processes.
Hope you Enjoy and Thank You for looking!
I painted the pears first, let me back-up and say, "I painted and re-painted the pears!"
I wanted a complement to the light green, so my first thought was some shade of red.
As I looked through my tubes of reds, a beautiful transparent orange caught my eye.
I applied the Transparent Orange, but it didn't feel right once I was done.
So what do you do? I tried lightening one side with White and it just turned, chalky!
Time to step back, take a seat and think about this?
Next I tried a transparent brown, and that seemed to do the trick.
Now the stems didn't show up! I tried highlighting them with white,
but that wasn't a good choice either!
Using Orange to play off the warm background was my next decision!
This is only a few of the hundreds of decisions made during the painting processes.
Hope you Enjoy and Thank You for looking!
6x8 Oil on Panel
Love the touches of blue. Very nice!
ReplyDeleteLinda,
DeleteThank You for Your comment!
Have you hung your paintings in your new studio yet?
Jacklyn all of your work is so wonderful! Thunderbird, Petite, ... everything. I really appreciate you sharing with us your trials and process. These pears are wonderful, and the blue as highlight is so cool! (Ha ha, sorry)
ReplyDeleteSheila,
DeleteWow! Thank YOU for your inspiring comment!
Passing on what I learn, and what I go through to learn it, what I hope to accomplish with this blog.
Interesting post and good choice, I might add! I like experimenting also. The result is not always great but I have fun.
ReplyDeleteHelen H Trachy,
DeleteThank you for commenting!
Hope you will stop by again!
These pears look so transparent, and juicy. Thanks for sharing your process, Jacklyn!
ReplyDeleteI have found I enjoy sharing the painting process. Remembering to do it, is another story!
DeleteThank You, Linda
Very nicely painted, Jacklyn, and having a peek inside your artistic thought process was great--helps me remember that the seeking/searching is all part of creating...
ReplyDeleteMeredith,
DeleteYou are always so good with words, Thank You for your comment.
these pears do look juicy! Lot's of juicy paint! Love the colors you decided upon. Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteCathy, Thank You for your wonderful words! They mean a lot!
DeleteI love your inside story! It looks like you made all the right decisions! These pears are so textural and believable!
ReplyDeleteTerri,
DeleteThe inside story came about "after" I posted the painting and just the title. My husband asking "why" I picked the background color!
That is when I knew, I had to write a little more. :)