Three Shiny Objects and Artist's Statement

            In this piece, I tried to paint three objects with only 7 to 10 patches of color alla prima, making it look like one of Peggi Kroll’s work. To make this possible, I separated my colors into shapes and tried not to separate colors into as many shapes as I had done before in previous works such as the one in “Don’t Touch the Edges”. My piece had a nail polish through which the viewer could see the green paper in the background as the light penetrated the glass in it. There is only one shadow on the green paper as I tried to use as few patches of colors as possible. The most challenging part was the nail polish in the center because it was the center of attention and needed more work done onto it than the other two objects—a mechanical blue pencil and a red cup. But, I do believe that the nail polish in the center worked out pretty well.
            This time, my pace was faster than everyone else’s. So, what I had learned was after I was already done. Apparently, I should have had more color patches to portray more detail. For example, there was a blonde girl who had close to twenty patches to depict one of her three objects—an olive-green colored bottle. If I had a do-over, maybe I would have slowed down my pace. Because, I will admit, my purpose was to finish up the painting quickly to move on to the next one. I feel like one of the best parts of my painting is how the colors change from a dark blue to a light one, then violet, purple, a carmine red and lastly orange on the side.

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