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Shaun sets up his still life elements for reference, which the painting
is based. The shape of the objects inspired Shaun to develop a more
romantic setting through color. |
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Shaun
first picks out a nice size of canvas for this still life painting.
He chooses a 24" x 36" standard size canvas that would
be easy to frame. He begins by loosely sketching out the arrangement
of the desired scene. |
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Shaun
masked out the main object with masking tape to maintain their shapes,
isolate and to protect their sharp edges. He brushes in the background
colors to form the blue sky and the surrounding yellow fill. Dark
brown was lightly dabbed across the top corner to create a wall
texture. A dry brush technique is used to form the wooden base on
the lower section of the canvas. Painting the bottom quarter section
of the painting solid brown as a dry brush is dragged across pulling
the wet paint up to form the wood grain as the yellow base color
is revealed. |
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A burgundy
color is blocked in for the wine half filled glass, bottle and the
top of the bottle. He mixes the same blue and yellow together to
create the olive green color of the bottle. |
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Shaun
uses a small liner brush to add color and texture to the stem of
the wine glass. You can also see a part of a plant taped up to the
side as reference to create a hanging plant in the background. |
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The painting
starts to come alive as the glowing candle takes form as the centerpiece
of the still life. White is used to outline the top of the glass
to add the appearance of a clear clean glass. Grapes are blocked
in to add contrast to the background. |
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Highlights
are added to the grapes and reflection into the glass. Shaun begins
to brush in the color and shadows into the corkscrew to bring out
the form. |
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High contrast
colors to add depth and detail is painted to create the shiny surface
of the corkscrew as it emerges. A light color tan is used for the
cork as the liner brush adds grain texture. The painting is starting
to come together. |
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Black
is mixed in with the blue to dull down the vibrant color of the
sky as it gradates. Some white is mixed in with the bright blue
color to add some subtle waves in the lower part of the blue section. |
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The plant
is painted back in to bring it back out from the dark sky color.
The painting is complete as the highlight on the wine glass is reinforced. |
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