Next painting study is of artichokes. I’m going half size 11x7, and will use the palette knife again but I’ll use cold wax medium so it dries fast. Here’s the subject, and my setup in the box.pic.twitter.com/W5nnnmlOOl
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Are you using photos that you set up and took as your subjects? Because the prints of those photos are amazing. (In addition to lighting, composition, etc) I love artichokes, looking forward to this one!
Nope. It’s a cardboard box setup I half discovered half invented. It’s the easiest way to get perfect chiaroscuro lighting. I do use photos if the subject dies or if after it dries i want to fix something I missed, but otherwise it’s for document purposes.pic.twitter.com/jThpFes4vj
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Wow it’s so clear it looks like a photo. Really nice set up. It makes sense that it’s live because you mentioned the fruit going bad a few tweets ago.
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In a way it calls into question the advice that you shouldn't use a photo to paint from. I can setup this box and put my panel right next to it and it's *very* close to a photo. In fact I could probably paste a nice print of the photo there and nobody would know.
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