[Aquanet] Discussion on Close Up

[Gwendolyn Bragg]

Thank you for the kind words.  Please feel free to borrow it.   
Painting what is common place (or often discarded)  can bring new  
insight to both the painter and the viewer -- and it makes for a great  
lesson.  Enjoy!

Gwen

Gwendolyn Bragg
gwenbragg at aol.com



On Jun 17, 2009, at 4:59 PM, Phyllis McDonough wrote:

> Great idea, mind if I borrow it for my next class I was going to use  
> cups etc but this is so much simpler…Thanks!  (I hope)    Phyllis
>
> From: aquanet-bounces at aquanetart.com [mailto:aquanet-bounces at aquanetart.com 
> ] On Behalf Of Cecilia Price
> Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 9:21 AM
> To: aquanet
> Subject: [Aquanet] Discussion on Close Up
>
> "To Start"
> 10"h x 14"w
> Arches 300 cp
> One of a long series of egg and shell studies in transparent  
> watercolor. My watercolor instructor many
>  years ago had the class paint egg shells as an introduction to the  
> media. I soon realized what a valuable
> lesson it was and have my beginners paint eggs and shells to this day.
>
> Gwendolyn C. Bragg
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>
> I love this one because not only is a close up, Gwendolyn has  
> wonderfully and successfully
> handled this subject matter.  She knows about warm bouncing light  
> from underneath,
> and cool light overhead.  This occurs in sunlight with blue sky  
> above.  This study would benefit us all, were we to do it!
> Look at the gorgeous colors she has incorporated into the shapes,  
> red, yellow and
> blue, and she has made these eggs really glow!!!  She expresses the  
> direction of light
> without fail.  It's hard to do that too.
>
> She has handled complex shapes, the two eggs that are unbroken seem  
> to be a mama and papa, in the
> way we mean in composition, guarding the broken ones.  She's truly  
> expressed difficult
> shapes and contours, i.e. convex and concave shapes, inside them and  
> outside them.
> She has let us feel the delicacy of the shells.  They say to me that  
> once I was unbroken,
> I was exactly the size, hardness, and color to warm and keep a tiny  
> chick embryo safe.
>
> Just look, look at the beautiful reflected color in the shadows, the  
> crevice darks, which
> so many don't see.  This painting is a miracle.
>
> So Gwendolyn, your painting most embodies what "Close Up" means to me.
>
> Put it in a show!
> Cia
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>
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> very much, Cecilia Antoinette Price.
>
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