Debbi, this one is for you! I'm working with "sweets" again! Today Judy and I painted donuts in the studio just for fun. I was going to work on my colored pencil piece but then decided to give Judy's method a try. She took a workshop with a painter, Ed Carson, who works in oils with lots of color and lots of medium. Thus creating some juicy vibrant paint. We stacked the donuts and spent a few hours working on them. I am always amazed how easily I forget the basic principles of values, composition, and putting down color when I switch to a medium that I am not familiar with. If I did this still life set up in colored pencil, I would feel much more comfortable with all of these variables. My donut piece is on the left and Judy's are on the right. The bottom picture is mine too. You won't ever see my piece in a gallery but it is fun to experiment and I always learn something too.
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Thank you Kendra! I'm honored about those donuts you know. Seriously, what fun to experiment like that. I love the lushness of the paint as well as the fun subject. You must know Wayne Thiebaud's work, right? If not, check it out. I love his stuff.
I am very familiar with Wayne Thiebaud's work, in fact my 2008 calendar is of his works. Take a look at the paintings by Will Cotton also. Very interesting compositions of candy and beautiful women ....
Together? Women and Candy? I will have to check his work out. THanks for telling me.
I don't know how you can look at all those donuts and not eat them. They would all have bites from then if I were using them as props. Nice job.
Its easy I don't like to eat donuts! Plus these were about a week old! Thanks for the comments!
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