Thought of the Day -

"In life, one ignores the unimportant - in art, one omits it." Ayn  Rand

"Crafting Creation" -Finished

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Closing in on the finish, here is an 'in progress' of layering the section under the counter top, where red earth is layered over the dark prussian blue - 

and close-up to better show the difference between 'before' and 'after', and the color influence...

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The wall has now been finished, and both the beans and the grinder stand out much better than if had left the back as intense as originally done...  next - the base underneath the stone shelf, which is actually a counter top...

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 Taking the F W flesh ink, shaking the bottle [with the lid on, of course], then just dipping the nib end into the bubbles on top, and stroking with this, layering a thin round of the ink [doing it this way because it is an opaque ink and this way can make it transparent], then doing this twice [letting the first round dry, of course], it came out as seen on the right side...

and is sufficient to bring the grinder out from the background, as seen here...  


so will continue with the left side and bring the beans out similarly...

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Layered the sap green over the blue wood grain, and the knob shadows...

but the greyscale shows that the background wall is way TOO dark [see how the grinder top stands out - and the beans would be better seen with a lighter wall], so will have to reconfigure what to use for the wall color - perhaps a tan, which would be muted by the dark blue yet still lighter than the grinder...

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The first layering - light green - on the right door of the cabinet...

 and the left door is now light green layered...












[the first photo has the light green color most accurate...]

 and the whole cabinet now has been layered with the light green...

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Grinder is now more or less done...   now - on to the cabinet...

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The drawer and knob are now colored - the knob with sepia, then red earth, then burnt umber, w/white along the lit edge...   the drawer door is burnt umber, again w/white along the lit edges...

 Doing the grinder box, in progress, showing how the burnt umber is laid...

 and here is the completed layering...

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And the grisaille is finished...  now to get on with getting all into 'living color'...