Concentration #6 - Sliced & Cored Strawberries (7.5x9)Ok, so I wrote a freak ton about all the memories associated with this pieces and an amazing paragraph discussing the composition of the piece and for some reason weebly decided to delete it all :( Take 2: I had mentioned that I had memories of my family and our family friends going strawberry picking and I can remember my sister and I running through the strawberry patch trying to see who could pick the "perfect" strawberry. Even though the steps of piece one and two are very close in the strawberry series, they have strong memories with them and that is why I wanted to draw/paint them. For the slicing of strawberries, I can remember one time where my sister told my dad that she saw this "life hack" for coring strawberries with a straw and that it was faster and easier than a knife. Of course my Dad didn't believe her, and I said that the kitchen gadget we had for coring strawberries was better than both the knife and the straw. My Mom quickly got tired of all of our arguing and her solution was to suggest a contest to prove which one was truly the best. We all got 10 strawberries to core, and whoever finished first won. I remember having so much fun and laughing a ton since my Dad kept eating his strawberries so he had less to core. I don't remember who won, but I know I just use a knife to core strawberries now. Moving on from the memories and to the actual piece. I wanted to illustrat all of the steps that you do when coring the strawberries. First you remove the leaves/top depending on the strawberry, then you core it, and then if the strawberry is big you slice it. To keep the piece cohesive with the other concentration pieces I kept it on the teal-ish kitchen counter and even added the same two cutting boards that I had painted in the cooked peaches painting. I think the composition I picked is interesting and highlights each step of slicing strawberries. ReflectionI HATED DOING THIS PIECE, I don't hate the final piece, but I really didn't like doing the piece. I think it was because I had issues drawing the piece due to all of the perspective, and that I wasn't getting the color I wanted for the strawberries. I think the composition was good and I liked the way I did the clear plastic container, I just didn't enjoy the process. I like the way the berries stacked on each other and the cutting board in the background. If I could do the piece again I would add deeper and redder values to the strawberries and add more detail in general to the leaves.
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