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© Kristina Gehrmann

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Still life done at Angel Academy of Art

Oil on canvas, about 40x54 cm.

In the first complex still life assignment students do, they're given specific rules: There has to be an element with something handwritten in it, a small object with a strong color in the foreground, and a large, bulky element in the background.
Elements have to be arranged in such a way that there are three different levels of depth in the setup: the big, bulky thing far back has to be barely visible, the middle ground object lighter, and the frontmost object has to be lightest.

I painted a little bit every weekday while getting constant feedback from our painting teacher, the whole process stretched out over an entire trimester (about 3 months).

We use the so-called sight-size method for drawing and painting all objects (still lives AND plaster casts) - here you can read more about it:
secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia…
www.wetcanvas.com/forums/showt…
drawsketch.about.com/od/sights…

The work progress consists of several steps; basically they are:

1) preliminary simple drawing, getting shapes right
2) more detailed drawing
3) getting values right (monochrome)
4) blocking in flat but accurate color
5) refining, detailing, rendering, correcting - one object at a time

Thank you for looking! ;D