For these assignments, I had to paint a still life of a pool ball using oil paint. The paintings had to showcase the values on the shiny ball. I used different shades of color to show shadows and highlights. I enjoyed doing the two different paintings using the same composition because they are different in style, but show the same object. They also both have values, but they are shown using different colors. The most difficult challenge I faced was finding color in the shadow. I ended up having to put a red sheet of paper under the ball to give the shadow some more color than just shades of black. My painting really works because there are a lot of tones in the pool ball that I had to "pull out" from a solid color. I learned important techniques for oil painting, like to mix all the colors first. If I had a do-over, I would make the lines cleaner and try not to touch any lines on the first painting. I feel the best thing about my work is comparing them to each other and seeing how one object can be interpreted in many different ways and styles.
You Knocked that one out of the ball park. Your painting is very carefully rendered and the color choicec (red,blue,yellow primaries)make it POP
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