"Baby Pineapple"
7 x 5 in
Oil on Canvas Panel
I never knew these guys existed a baby version of a pineapple, I was seriously laughing in the middle of the grocery store when I saw this. Of course it was to go not to paint, its just such a neat looking fruit with its miniature size. Its overall colors are pretty subtle, the yellows are the only intense chroma on this fruit. I also wanted to play again with a wash in the background by just using turps, and burnt umber. I like the look it gave it, more of a rustic look than what I expected.
As stated before I did a wash of turps and burnt umber the night before on the panel, I let it dry and the next day I used it. I don't mind doing this but I think a longer drying time is better, I found my black sinking right away and also the paints did not lay in a consistent manner I'm used to. I did the drawing with a bit of raw umber on the brush and no mediums. When the drawing was completed I started on the round shape of the pineapple, I just concentrated on the form and how the light turned with it. I stated the general colors that turn with the form which is also know as big form modeling. Once that's stated I go back to the darker areas emphasizing the darker shapes, and start to add the smaller forms.
Then I move into the middle and lighter values doing the same as I did with the darker values, always adjusting the intensity of the chroma and hue to the overall value of the form. The bigger form modeling is a blue print on how light and dark my smaller forms can be. The colors I use are ultramarine, burnt umber, cad. yellow pale hue, cad. orange, cerulean, and titanium white.
Once the pineapple is completed I start on the leaves, I apply a scumbling effect of the local color emphasizing the direction of light. Then I state the darker values to give more turn of light with the overall form. The colors I'm using is viridian deep, cad. yellow pale hue, and burnt umber.
Then I apply the lighter values tie-ing together the leaves with the two values, when doing this I'm constantly thinking the overall effect of light wrapping around the form and its edges. I also start work on the base which is pretty simple just using burnt umber, ultramarine blue, yellow ochre, and titanium white. This was such a neat little painting to do although the wash in was a bit of an obstacle to work with, I learned how to work around it. I hope you guys enjoyed this baby pineapple demo, thanks for stopping by and viewing!
3 comments:
I love this painting! I chose it as my favorite on my blog, rosaspicks.wordpress.com. I hope you'll come by and check it out! Thanks, Rosa
Awesome one, Jonathan.
I just saw a baby pineapple at the store today too! Was tempted to buy one to paint now i wish i had after seeing your awesome painting. Great work, Dalan
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