Dear Subscribers,

 

Greetings!

 

I'm currently in the midst of teaching a 3-day workshop to a really
awesome group of artists. Details next week.

 

Egads, I spy my name on this page
 . Details pending.

 

Last Monday: another paint-along
  day in my
still life class.

The setup:

 

 
 

 

Light coming from left but my focus is the onion on right, so I need
intentionally tone down the objects on left. Similar to the challenges
in "Aluminum & Scarlet"
 .

 

First stage:

 
 

 

Next:

 
 

 

Next:

 
 

 

Next, this was our end-point in class:

 

 
 

 

Next. I continue:

 

 
 

 

I decide to wipe it out because the composition isn't compelling enough
to continue. I don't buy it.  It smacks of boring. The onion ceased to
interest me---not a good sign for the main focal point, obvi. This is a
case of trying to force focus on an object I'm not genuinely excited to
paint. Perhaps I was rushed/careless in the setup because it was for a
class demo...but that's a super lame excuse. Every attempt should be
planned for excellence. This is in contrast to my current demo from this
weekend workshop--I began very excited about my primary focus. More
details in next issue.

 

Until next week,

David A. N. Cheifetz
www.davidcheifetz.com  

 

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