Hi, I painted this from a reference provided by Daniel Edmondson. Check out his blog , there is a link on the left. I love his still lifes with the very dark backgrounds. He offers online lessons and I purchased one maybe a month ago. He sends you a reference to paint, a link to a video where you watch him paint a good part of the painting and a link to a video where he shows his supplies. I only paid $25 and he even critiques your painting when finished. There are other lessons available too. He paints his backgrounds very dark, normally I don't have black on my palette. He mixes black and ultramarine and other things to create this dark background. This was just practice, I changed things up from his reference, removed some things and moved others. Soon I plan to paint it as the reference and send it to him for his critique, I believe he video tapes the critique too. So my conclusion after this lengthly description is I think it's a great deal and worth checking into. This is oil on a 12 x 12 stretched canvas. Have a wonderful day
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Lovely one, Barbara. I checked out Daniel's blog.....very interesting.
Thank you Carol, Sorry about the glare. Yes, Daniel offers all different kinds of lessons and his work is wonderful.
This is nice, I love your palette.
Absolutely beautiful, Barb! Will check out the website - thanks for the "heads up"!
Thank you Jo :)
Hi Rosemary, Glad you like it, the very dark background does create a nice feeling I think.
Interesting concept. I'll look at his blog. I think your painting is lovely. I love the value contrast and the softness of it.
Thank you Connie, great to have you stop by.
This is just so beautiful Barbara! I've tried but have been so unsuccessful in painting still life from photos. Nearly all my work is done from pics except still life!
Hi Liz, I do think the best way to paint is always from life if possible and still lifes are such great practice. I think the final result is what counts most, however we get there. :)
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