The background hasn't really been touched yet except for the upper left hand corner. I am playing around with the idea of adding squashed fruits to the white backdrop. I'd love to hear what you think about that? Would it be too much? My daughter and I dutifully squashed some berries for reference. I was thinking a nice squashed yellow tomato too? I've played with it on photoshop with a diagonal arrangement from the right upper corner of the paper to the lower left. Please let me know your thoughts!
On another note, have you gotten Ann Kullberg's Magazine for Colored Pencil Artists this month (March 2012)? It is an awesome issue. I absolutely adored the article by Pamela Belcher on the art she did after traveling to India. It is such a good idea and something I would like to play with myself. She made a sort of grid work (a wonky one) and then drew in scenes from India in each of the boxes. I am not making it sound as cool as it is.
Also Sheila Theodoratos' work is featured as well as Nancy Jacey's colorful work. It is so inspiring!
7 comments:
No matter what you decide to do with the background, Nicole, this is going to be great!
This is going to be a beautiful piece. I'm wondering if the squished fruit might detract from all the interesting shapes, colors of the fruits and vegetables. But maybe not, you'll have to experiment!
I had the same thought as Kendra. This is a beautiful piece, Nicole. Usually less is more. I agree that only by experimenting will you know whether or not the squashed fruit in the background is valuable in communicating the essence of the color wheel!
I had the same thought as Kendra. This is a beautiful piece, Nicole. Usually less is more. I agree that only by experimenting will you know whether or not the squashed fruit in the background is valuable in communicating the essence of the color wheel!
I agree with Kenda. I think the way you're going with the cloudy look will allow the color wheel to take center stage. A great concept by the way - I just might have to "copy". As always, your work is amazing.
I think the squashed fruit might be too much and compete with the focal point which is the stuff in the middle. Perhaps you could do a test by sketching some out on a scrap piece of paper and cutting them out and then laying them on top of the background to see what it would look like.
What if you put grains in the background? - rice, barley, quinoa, oats, flax, etc., -or maybe dried beans? No, Dried beans could be a picture in itself. But grains would be more subtle.
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