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Greetings!
 
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Went to Point Reyes this weekend. It was awesome:

 
Foil. It looks cool. I wanted to paint it:
 

 
That's an egg wrapped in foil. This was a useful first-run of foil (I figured out that using a knife seemed to be better than brush for making foil-ish texture), but I wiped out the painting due to weak/poorly planned composition.
 
New still-life!
The setup:

 
Yes, lots of foil.
 
First stage:

 
My initial plan is to make the foil goblet the primary focal point, with the apple in support.
 
Next stage:

 
Next stage:

 
Next stage:

 
Next stage:

 
I wanted something small and round to help with the composition on the right side, but couldn't find anything small and round to wrap with foil. I ended up using my giant track ball mouse and just scaling it down.
 
And the finished painting, "Foil Things" (9x12):
 

 

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In the end, I'm not sure the goblet remained the primary focal point. Perhaps it was usurped by the apple. Maybe they are equal. Either way, I'm happy with it. I want to paint more foil.

Here is an animation of the above process. (If it doesn't work in your email, you can access the animation by clicking through the image above):

 
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Until next week,
David A. N. Cheifetz
www.davidcheifetz.com

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