Shell with Pink
I have taken a challenge of a painting a day for thirty days. The first posting I did not put on this link maybe I will be successful of connecting tonight. I have a cold and it is my birthday but I am determined.
This was complicated little shell to paint for a simple study. I tried not to paint every little nub and shadow. The texture and the movement was what I wanted to capture. Scraping when the paint was wet helped me achieve some of the texture within the shell.
I drew curves extending from the arcs of the shell into the background. Then I under-painted color into each shape. Carving out the outline with the development of the background just felt good. At some point in this process I decided to turn the subject on it's side. The paper turned as well as the shell.
This evening when doing a few touch ups I notice the shadow created by the lamp on my table put red in the under shadow. I see things I could do to this, but this is probably and exercise in letting go.
I am done for the day. Tomorrow I am home so I will try to post the painting from day one on the blog as well as my third study.
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