[Aquanet] Can we start a discussion?

[bdlindley]

I would suggest thinking of the fuzz being signalled by two things:

1.  The absence of specular reflections or hard edges to cast shadows
2.  A portion of the edge being soft, when that shape is in front, but hard when it is a transition to something occluding it.

A sedimentary character to the paint filling the shape is also helpful, but it is the edges that are critical. A lot of fussiness within the shapes is redundant and maybe even counterproductive, perhaps.  That is a supposition, not a firm conviction.

Barry



  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Carol Wickenhiser-Schaudt 
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  Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 12:23 PM
  Subject: [Aquanet] Can we start a discussion?



  Hi all!

  I was in my yard this morning and I made a wonderful discovery.  I am growing green eggplant.  This is an heirloom variety that is from Louisiana.  All of the eggplant blossoms that I have ever seen are different shades of violet.  These are snow white.  My first thought was to paint them.  My second was a sanity check.  The leaves of an eggplant are very soft and hairy.

  I was wondering how all of you would approach the technique of painting FUZZ?  I would use my three haired Kolinsky  brush and paint on every one of the thousands of hairs, making myself a candidate for the funny farm or I'd eventually become so frustratingly bored after weeks of painting them that I would tear up the painting in disgust.

  Carol 


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