I made some drawings using Sennelier oil pastels and Neopastels to continue getting acquainted with my still life objects and with one potential arrangement of them for the table in the Big Painting. I just drew them as they appeared in an actual still life set up, which is slightly different from how they’ll appear in the painting. But being descriptive helps me get to know the things better. So I need some of that.
The blue field behind the objects now won’t appear in the Big Painting where they will be surrounded by the striped cloth on all sides.
Still figuring out the separation of the seashell from the flowers through which it’s seen — though that will be different in the final arrangement too where the seashell, if I include it, will be a little farther back and maybe seen slightly more from above …? Decisions, decisions.
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