Still Life (4)

I'm really satisfied with the way this turned out. I'm really impressed at how well everything turned out, especially the desk and basket. You can really tell that the desk is wooden and that's what I was going for. I wasn't too sure for a while as I started coloring, but once I added more value and color to the basket and pears I started to like it a lot more. I really love all the colors I put into the pears because it helps it look a lot more three-dimensional. The blue and brown really help it stand out as well as the light yellow I used to make them look shiny. I originally had a full desk drawn, but I cut it to change the composition which made it look a lot better. I think I'm finally starting to get the hang of prisma colors now. My favorite thing about this project are the bright colors that I used. The blue desk and red wallpaper helped still life not look so boring.

Still Life (3)

I really liked the set up I made, the original picture of this looks awesome. A silly name for this piece would be "House Wife". This set up was a good opportunity for me to practice seeing the values in folds and wrinkles in fabric. Painting the folds and wrinkles was a struggle and I definitely think I need more practice with that. Other than that, I like everything else about the painting. I think I did a good job with the shine in the shoe and bottle, giving them shape. I also like the colors I used in the flowers because they all stand out nicely. I can definitely see this piece looking good, maybe even better in different mediums, such as prisma color.
This project wasn't easy. Painting folds and wrinkles with oils was harder than I thought, but for the first time ever doing that it could be worse. The next opportunity I get working with wrinkles and folds I will experiment with different mediums. I find myself getting better with prisma colors so I may try that. Before I start a whole new project in oils that have folds and wrinkles in it I am going to get tips and practice first. Hopefully I can come back to this later and improve it.