Cups2 oil on masonite 8x10 $120
A little painting done for my painting class. I like this one almost exclusively for its unusual composition. A lot of my work has a fairly central composition, and so I've made some strides to get away from that mode and explore different ways to balance my paintings and drawings. In this one, I've attempted to use pattern of the fabric as a counterbalance to the large, simpler forms of the coffee cups. I've also tried to use the direction and rhythm of the fabric patterns and cups to move the viewers eye around the whole image. So that's the stuff I like about this piece. What I don't care for is the fact that got a little tight (which may have been due to a stingy use of paint) and that I didn't start with a solid drawing. Had I spent a little more time with the underpainting, I would've saved a lot of time (I ended up repainting several areas several times). Also the reflections on the surface of the cups are not what I was aiming for. This is perhaps due to being stingy again or just being impatient. Or both, not sure. All in all, though, I'm pleased with it.