[Aquanet] There are yet more closeups

[arztmann at gao.ch]

Hello Raymond

Thanks for asking.
My group and I tried to paint shiny surfaces. My first try was terrible,
then I think I was just more than an hour busy observing and thinking
about how to do it, since I dont have silver paint. By squeezing my eyes I
just saw extreme light and dark patterns. After drawing the cutlery i again
squeezed my eyes and only painted what I saw, first a light grey wash around
the edges of the knife and fork leaving lots of white paper.After that has
dried I looked where to put the darkest paint and with a small brush with a
sharp tip I filled in the darks. Finally it was a very easy and a very quick
painting. My teacher didn't demonstrate, just gave us the advice : Only
paint what you see and concentrate on the contrasts between dark and light.
I guess it worked.

Swiss greetings
Claudia Arztmann

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Von: aquanet-bounces at aquanetart.com
[mailto:aquanet-bounces at aquanetart.com]Im Auftrag von Raymond Blum
Gesendet: Freitag, 5. Juni 2009 14:39
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and while they're all beautiful...
Claudia I must say that the fluidity of the reflections on the cutlery
really moved me.  Can you describe the technique you used, in detail?

Thanks
---Raymond
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