Dave, well done. I have several still lifes my mother did in watercolor, oils and pastels. I photographed them for prints. Here's an example of some beets she did in watercolor.
Hi, Rich.
Well, that's very dramatic, Dave....As Rich says, try it with your brushes for real!!
Steve, that's a very good watercolor, your mom is very talented!
Speaking of dentists ( Don said he had to go to the dentist a few days ago?) I broke a crown, and need to get another made, unfortunately an expensive job....not free like Don's problem....ah, well......
Very nice, Dave and Steve.
Dave, I agree that this still life was a good composition for a painterly revision. I like how it came out and the nice fade of light and shadows and the popping colors that are practically aglow. I agree with Rich, it would be a good inspiration for a watercolor painting.
Steve, The lighting on the subject in your mom's painting is perfect. I think she was attracted to the gnarly roods of the beets and she sure did them justice. They have a personality of their own. But the thing I am most attracted to is the shadows she so perfectly painted. A very talented artist, your mom was.
Thanks, Lorell and Rich. I have more. Onions, Bok choy, bananas, melon, fish, boats, etc. She could really draw and quickly. Glad I was able to frame most originals and take good images that I print.
Quint, that's a superior watercolor that your mother created. I agree with the comments from Natalie, Rich, and Lorell. I'm especially impressed with the shadows: varying values plus colors ranging from a cool purple-gray to a slightly warm make them interesting; most artists would likely paint the shadows as a flat, boring middle gray. It all comes together as a masterful and pleasingly loose, spontaneous painting.
Also,, I'm impressed with the colors: I see something like cadmium red (or a similar more transparent hue) for the lightest red, then something like alizarin crimson for darker reds, and finally a warm blue (like ultramarine blue) for the darkest values on the beets.
As for my own watercolor painting, my last 5 or 6 attempts have been terrible, so I have little enthusiasm right now for another attempt.
Don't blame me - I didn't vote for him!
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