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New still life.
This painting was born from a paint-along day in my still life class.
Another dumbbell. I love how the object looks. This one with a shinier finish and darker color. The composition is similar to Hex, but with a different set of challenges.

The setup and shape-of-shadows:



Next stage:


Next stage:


We controlled value to keep the focus on the right side of the dumbbell.
This is where class ended and I continued later.

Next stage:


Next stage:
Going tighter in the right side of the dumbbell.


Next stage:
Tweaking and correcting the drawing and perspective at every opportunity.
Reworking the values in the onion's turning-shadow.


And the finished painting, "Fifty Pounds" (9x12):



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JUST SOLD!:

"Heart of Red" sold from RS Hanna Gallery.
And the .gif animation of painting this guy.


This coming weekend: Workshop! 

Until next week or the week after that,

David A. N. Cheifetz
www.davidcheifetz.com

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