Well, I still don't have the color right with this scanner, but you get the idea of this picture. Its a whole bunch of blueberries on a yellowish surface.
Firstly I will tell you that I am disappointed that the scan makes it look like i did this in purple, with purple and more purple. I actually have a blend of 4 different blues, 3 different greens and two yellows to paint this picture. Anyone who knows me, knows that I love blueberries. I could eat them morning noon and night. Mmmmmmmm sooo good.
Let't talk about the good things with this painting. The berries really do look round, You can just picture them laying on a yellow countertop. I like the mixing of the colors, the reds, blues, yellows, and greens that make up the berries. I like the blueberry crowns. They look like they stand out just a bit from the round berry. And I like that the countertop is much more pronounced in the front and much less in the distance. I've said it before, but thats a trick to get you to see some depth. The darker the color in the front makes you think that its closer, especially when the top of the painting is very light.
I had painted the blueberries with all blue and red. In my technique, I put on layer upon layer of paint. It is great for giving depth to what you are painting, but you have to have durable paper. Well, this paper isn't. So I ended up with terrible white marks where I had scrubbed and rubbed. Instead of having all the the highlights bright white, like the paper. I threw a little yellow and green in there. Just enough to give the hint of a bit of under color. If you look closely, you can see where there is yellow on the berries, and which ones don't have any.
Well, at any rate, I loved painting this one. Hope you enjoyed viewing it.
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