Sky Top Orchard - Buckets of ApplesI know I said I didn't want to do apples again in my last post, but this is different, this is a ton of apples in one picture. Honestly the planning for this piece kinda sucked since Mrs. Rossi saw the apples on my phone and said, "that is what you are doing." Apple picking holds a very special place in my heart, since it has now become a family tradition. Apple picking is always a happy memory in my mind, and it makes me think of apple pies and apple butter. The object of the piece is the apples in the buckets, the rest is to make me feel like I am in Sky Top Orchard. Since I wanted that comforting scene of the Orchard, I stuck with the natural colors of the picture. Besides, I'm not really one for unique colors. I started the piece with a burnt sienna wash that was a bit on the lighter side. I then went and sketched the objects with a pencil. Finally time to get started. I noticed in the picture the texture of the apples and the wide range of colors that make up each apple. I didn't want the entire piece to have smooth strokes, and the apples had so many colors I decided to leave the strokes visible in apples. I took a lot of time and a ton of colors with the first apple, arguably its one of the best ones of the entire piece, but as the more apples went by the less time I spent on them. As I was going with the green and the red apples, I was filling in the void areas with a dark blue. I would later go over those spots with some dark red to tie the void back to the apples. I don't know why, but I just don't really like using browns with oil paints....really just don't. I ended up straying a bit from the picture with the actual shades of brown I used for the buckets. I got a bit frustrated when I kept blending the color streaks of the wooden bucket too much. Eventually I left it to dry and started again. As for the wagon hat is a whole other story. When looking at the reference picture most of it is shades of green. I wanted the wagon to stand out from the apples and even the background. To achieve this I added a lot more shades of blue to the wagon and tried to not blend the colors too much, but keep it smooth. I added accents of white with blended into the highlights of the wagon I wanted. I did end up painting the back ground twice, the first time was rather flat and blended too much the wagon. I decided to add shades of purple, brown, and yellow to darken up the background and make it more abstract. I really am happy with the outcome of this piece. Final ReflectionsI really love this piece I makes me feel like I am there in the Mountains picking apples with my family. I think I did a good job with the use of multiple colors in the apples, but making them still feel like they all belong there. I like the wagon itself as well, there is something that drags me eyes to it. I feel like I could have done the wood and the background better, but my patience had run a little thin by then. In the end I still love the piece, If I were to redo this piece I would push my shadows more and attempt to show more depth inside the buckets, rather than just apples sitting in seemingly in mid air.
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