Jaylene’s Oil Paintings Stilllife series

[Jaylene]

This is my homemade still life set up.  The objects are just Styrofoam, wood, PVC, or paper shapes sometimes covered with acrylic paint.  I made my own shadow box out of black foam core and used cheap colored paper for different backgrounds.  The whole thing sits on inexpensive over bed table so I can adjust the height of the still life arrangement for whether I am standing or sitting at my easel (usually sitting) or to change my point of view.  The objects themselves are really boring, but I really enjoy arranging them. I am not trying to work on color right now.  I want to improve my tonal values so I can turn form and give a sense of depth and space in oil paint.  I thought I would start posting in hopes of seeing some progress and improvement.

 

[Jaylene]

Not an oil painting but a Bargue plate in charcoal and white pastel on gray paper.  Not exactly sight-size either, more like a “, method to my madness” grid

[Jaylene]

[Tim]

Nice to see your work and studio  Jaylene

Tim

[Jaylene]

Thanks Tim.  I am still trying to crack the light code for my set up.  It always seems too much light or not enough.  Its a learning experience.  I am about to rearrange everything again.  Hopefully it will work this time and not be just “resistance”.

 

• This reply was modified 4 years ago by Jaylene.

[Tim]

The charcoal and white pastel is beautiful ,

I would like to use white “charcoal ” but I need to find the right paper for it to sit on erased willow or vine I love willow its like your sketch could blow away.

[Jaylene]

I like the smooth side of canson mi teintes paper.  It takes a lot of layers of charcoal/pastel and it is tough enough for some initial erasing and it doesn’t have that annoying grid pattern that some “charcoal” papers have.  The sky blue color of mi teintes paper was recommended to me by Anthony Waichulis, a trompe l’oeil painter in his Language of Drawing program.  Its a good middle tone for the general’s charcoal pencils as they are rather bluish.  Vine charcoal is awesome.  I think its has a more neutral tone, less blue than compressed or pencil style charcoal so the sky blue color might not be a good choice.

[Tim]

Thanks Jaylene the materials have such lovely names ,I saw a guy put on a midtone in vine  erase it put in the darks  with compressed and then sensitively used a 558 general white charcoal I ve tried a few papers but couldn’t get my white which is Derwent to go on like  his I will try your suggestion .

I’ve just started  this July  and after buying a few Paints have decided to now focus  on drawing / tonal values for a while ,thanks for your kind reply .

Tim

[Tim]

[Curtis Hayes]

I love the bargue study 👏

[Jaylene]

Tim:  I didn’t see this until now.  Great job! Beautiful charcoal still life.  Very nice, love the reflections.

[Jaylene]

Thank you!

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