Oil on acrylic canvas
After a very frustrating start with my first attempts at alla prima oils (and almost throwing in the towel), I completed this monochromatic study of a little Mexican pitcher I found at a thrift store. I managed to somehow keep the values in pretty good order and to make it look 3-D. But I wasn't working in color on this one so one less thing to think about in addition to the proportion and values. Adding color will add more complexity and make it harder to keep everything in balance and correct! Adding color also will add another complexity to the values problem. I need to learn more about color in value relationships. I have read a lot about Frank Reilly and his teachings about value and the Munsell approach to color. His teaching is complex but seems worth the effort.
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