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Process of Creating an Orange Slice

3/20/2014

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It all starts with an idea... I'll paint an orange.  After starring at this orange for an hour, I realized, an orange is difficult to get excited about as is.  What if I took that orange and cut it in half?  Would that create a little more excitement for me?  Here is what the above orange looked like cut in half.  Not the most attractive.  

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So, let's keep cutting until we find something that is interesting.
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Ahhhh -- that is more like it.  I love the way the light penetrates the flesh of the orange, making it glow.  Okay, now that I was pleased with the orange, I needed to create a composition that would work as a still life painting.
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Bingo!  That is it.  Three slices (compositions usually work best in threes).  Adding in the knife creates some tension and a hard/sharp edge to play with.  

Okay, with the composition ready, it was time to paint.

The first step I did to create this painting was to lightly tone my 12x12 stretched canvas and then sketch the composition onto it.  After the sketch, I laid down the 'hero' of the painting... the orange slices.  
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Next came the rough in of the knife.  Notice that I am breaking the rules of oil painting.  I am not worried about dark vs. light or painting the background before the foreground.  I am focused on painting my heroes first.  Getting them right to me is my main focus.
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As a final step, I lay in the supporting cast (the plate, the background the shadows, etc) to give the heroes a stage to play on.  This process is important as this is when your heroes go from being just Superman and Batman - to being part of the Super Friends
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Here is the final piece.  This painting will be part of my upcoming group show at my Alma Mater - St. Andrews University.
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