Thursday, February 4, 2010

Watercolor - Still Life with Teapot and Fruit

"Still Life with Teapot and Fruit" (11"X14", Watercolor, $100)

The colors in this watercolor are quite pleasing, I think. The red of the fabric sets off the blue and green, while complementing and warming the yellow. The compositional elements are interesting for me as well. The fact that the action takes place in the right of the picture adds an off-kilter note of interest while the main focal point, the teapot, reflects the other elements in its bottom half. The overhead light is reflected in the teapot as well in this classroom piece, making it look a little like a baby elephant. I didn't really intend that. It's just a bonus.

1 comment:

  1. Mike your artwork is absolutely beautiful I’m interested in buying a piece of your your work my grandfather was actually a well known marine artist from rockport we lived on Holbrook ct and we knew each other back in the day and went to school together my name is skip favreau I would love to hear from you im on Facebook there is a few with the same name but my profile is the one from Fayetteville tn and I have a Boston Red Sox pic on my profile take care and hope to hear from you

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