Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Cherry Cups




















oil on canvas panel 6x6 inches
The Daily Paintworks Challenge for this week is about balance. The entries so far are towers of cups and other objects. Since I only used two cups, I hope this still qualifies. My aim here is more about dominance than balance: dominantly neutral color with a pop of saturated red, dominantly curvy shapes with a few straight lines. Barely spared from the wipe-off in the beginning, the reflective whites and shiny surfaces made it a challenging exercise in values...come to think of it, just about every painting is an exercise in values!

8 comments:

  1. What a gorgeous painting! I LOVE that this is how you interpreted balance, it is perfect. You hit everything you were aiming for. :) That shine is just perfect. Glad I found your blog.

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  2. Wow!!! This is great, Karen. Love the cool greys.

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  3. This is a beautiful work of values and a dynamic painting. Love the pop of red but really like the warms and cools inside that cup. Masterful!!

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  4. Karen besides being a beautiful painter, your compositions really stand out as so strong...this is a perfect example of that!

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  5. Very nice balances in all that you've mentioned, Karen! Wonderful work.

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  6. The cherry makes it but the cups are stunning.

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  7. Gorgeous! I love your loose brush strokes in this. Beautiful reflective surfaces, too.

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