STILL LIFE WITH THREE GROUPS OF FLOWERS
( And even more stuff)
Painting In Progress
week 6
JAMES APONOVICH
" Oh, It' you again"
Remember that old cartoon of a prisoner scratching six lines on the
cell wall and the seventh line through them.... One week down...
Let's just say the bloom is starting to fade with this painting.
'Chained to the easel', all day, everyday.
" Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end,
but it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning."
-Winston Churchill
IT'S A MATTER OF VALUE
So far I have been thinking a lot about color and it's effects,
but value ( light /dark) comes with it and it's starting to raise its head.
To counter the brilliance of the yellow ( light), I have introduced
another cloth underneath which is blue (dark). So, as the yellow can
soar to great heights, blue can descend to almost black. There is a
reason ( I think) for all that pattern, but I will get to that later.
As deep in value as blue is, it can also ascend to be light and
celestial. Blue can move around quite a bit, but yellow
doesn't want to.
So, aside from some final fussing, the bottom third of the painting
is finished, like a massive chord of music...full and rich.
Now, I must try and compose the melody with the ever-present 'stuff'.
....It is a Still Life after all.
Still Life with Three Groups of Flowers ( in -progress)
James Aponovich
oil on canvas, 40"x 52"
Until Next Week.....................
Remember that old cartoon of a prisoner scratching six lines on the
cell wall and the seventh line through them.... One week down...
Let's just say the bloom is starting to fade with this painting.
'Chained to the easel', all day, everyday.
" Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end,
but it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning."
-Winston Churchill
IT'S A MATTER OF VALUE
So far I have been thinking a lot about color and it's effects,
but value ( light /dark) comes with it and it's starting to raise its head.
To counter the brilliance of the yellow ( light), I have introduced
another cloth underneath which is blue (dark). So, as the yellow can
soar to great heights, blue can descend to almost black. There is a
reason ( I think) for all that pattern, but I will get to that later.
As deep in value as blue is, it can also ascend to be light and
celestial. Blue can move around quite a bit, but yellow
doesn't want to.
So, aside from some final fussing, the bottom third of the painting
is finished, like a massive chord of music...full and rich.
Now, I must try and compose the melody with the ever-present 'stuff'.
....It is a Still Life after all.
James Aponovich
oil on canvas, 40"x 52"
Until Next Week.....................
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