This is the reference photo I took: I mostly painted the candle from life, because the camera couldn't focus on the light well enough.
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For this project, I took multiple pictures of a can and chose the one I liked the most. It took me several tries to get the shape right. I thought it would be interesting to paint the fruit inside of the can, and show how the light reflects on the metal. These are my sketches:
These are the oil paintings I did with a palette knife and regular brushes. The apple is the one I did with a palette knife, and it was the hardest one to do. Getting the shape right took a while, and I think it could be improved. The dragonfruit took more time to do but I like it better. Some of the blue paint got smudged onto the pink part. If I have time I want to go over some areas again on both paintings.
If I were to do this project again, I would probably change up the composition and do the leaves differently. I might do the sky first so I wouldn't accidentally smudge the branches while coloring in the background. I hope in the future I am able to do better detail work with prismacolor pencils.
This is the original sketch I did for this project, and the gemstone practice: If art can be defined as communication, then it's probably important to know what you are communicating. When I draw or paint something I'm not usually trying to get a specific message across, because I'm doing it for fun. I guess that in itself is a statement, though. Art is about self-expression and having fun is expressing yourself. I usually make art that conveys my emotions, unless it's for practice. You can manipulate the mood of a painting or drawing through style and color. The lines and color scheme invoke feelings in the audience just like an author's style does in a book. I think it's important to incorporate your emotions into your work, so it doesn't fall flat. People seem to like art better when it means something to them. The quality of a piece of art is entirely based on opinion, though. There is always going to be someone who hates your art and someone who likes it. I prefer art with a lot of color and emotion put into it, like surrealism, but what is good art and what isn't good art isn't really up to me.
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