"Peaches"

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"Peaches"

8 x 10 in

Oil on Canvas Panel

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I started with the usual dry brush approach no mediums were harmed in the making of this painting! just a bit of burnt umber on the brush and thats it.  After the drawing was completed I went into the shadows and the tones within the shadows.  I made sure to take it almost to a finish on the each stage that I start.  I am using ivory black, cadmium light red, cadmium yellow, and titanium white.

Then I add the mid tones and highlights, again taking it to a close finish.  I am using permanent rose, titanium white, and cadmium red.  I make sure the tones are working well with each other, bouncing back and forth from mid tones to highlights.  I then start on the shadow of the second peach, using cadmium yellow, yellow ochre, ivory black, cadmium orange and a bit of viridian.  I am making sure that I do not have to do major changes when I come to these areas, taking them to a close finish.

Then I add the mid tone values and highlights, I am using viridian, cadmium yellow light, and titanium white.  Once I put the them in my shadows start looking different, then I go back into the shadows and work on the chroma and value.  That's why I don't take it all the way to a finish but close enough when I do make those small adjustments it will be done.  After the second peach is done I move onto the darkest value of the base and add that information in, I also stated the cast shadows of the peach.  I am using ivory black, burnt sienna, burnt umber, and cadmium orange.

Then I add the mid values of the base, I used titanium white, naples yellow, and burnt sienna.  After the base was stated I moved onto the background I used naples yellow, cerulean blue, and titanium white.  When adding the background I made sure to clean the edges of the pears and base.  I also added the colors of the background on the base to give it an atmospheric feel. 

This is the finished pic, I added a little details here and there and just stopped.  It was good practice painting these little guys, I hope you enjoyed this one and thanks for stopping by!