Final Pass, Still Life of a Ladle
Though I finished this painting at the beginning of this month, I haven’t had any time to actually post it on my blog. I started with a poster study (which also served as my compositional study). Since it’s a very simple/elementary set-up, I didn’t feel there was any need to play around with the cropping though I did spend some time with positioning the light source. The first and second passes can be viewed here and here, respectively.
For the final pass, I wanted to concentrate on the textures and discoloration of the object. I also wanted to be able to show the simple form of the ladle despite the variation in its local color. Overall it was a fun painting to work on and though simple it brought forth many lessons for me to learn from in terms of painting local color, light effect, color/temperature variation, chroma control, form painting and paint handling.
Rusty Ladle, oil on board
Next time, I will need to improve the edge quality and edge variation a bit more.
