Here is the first cabbage and a leftover California lemon with a shriveled leaf. I am having second thoughts about loving the cabbage. Timing is everything. What I need is a better understanding of values and getting them down correctly the first time and I think simpler subjects would be more helpful. The cabbage is beautiful, though, with endless facets and folds and surprising grays. Maybe it's possible to simplify it, but I will have to fight myself all the way because my natural inclination is to make everything more complicated.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Cabbage and Lemon
Here is the first cabbage and a leftover California lemon with a shriveled leaf. I am having second thoughts about loving the cabbage. Timing is everything. What I need is a better understanding of values and getting them down correctly the first time and I think simpler subjects would be more helpful. The cabbage is beautiful, though, with endless facets and folds and surprising grays. Maybe it's possible to simplify it, but I will have to fight myself all the way because my natural inclination is to make everything more complicated.
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Well, and then you had to go and add a folded cloth! Nice job on the cabbage though.
ReplyDeleteThat is a nice cabbage. I like the leaf laying out to the right. Gives it personality.
ReplyDeleteI like cabbages, and this one is beautiful, as a green shell..
ReplyDeleteGreat job with the cabbage.
ReplyDeleteI love your cabbage. I tried painting one recently and it was a real challenge. So much interesting texture and color that it's easy to lose the overall form. But yours is lovely.
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