"Quiet Moment" 1

Am on some of the wood grain at the moment, using sepia ink...  counter is sepia too, and is done...

"Quiet Moment"

Still life of bonsai on left, cup and carafe on right, each with dragon on the side - western on cup, eastern on carafe...  grisaille is prussian blue, counter is sepia, tree is burnt umber and flesh, w/ emerald green on the leaves and light green on the grass [along with some emerald green]...  all inks F W acrylic inks, and is on a 15"x20" illustration board...

What, Then, Makes for Important?

If it is the unimportant that is omitted from a painting, what, then, makes for being important - enough at least to then include within a work of art?   Consider, for instance, the just finished rendering - Crafting Creation...   

Is there anything which ought to be there that is missing?  why is it ought? why is its absence detracting from the theme/title if it is really an ought?

Is the cup really necessary?

Are the number of beans sufficient, or is more needed - or less? Why? why were the beans included - would the rendering be any less of substance if not there?

What of colors - what if had everything, except the grinder and beans, of a red earth color?  would it have made a difference? why? 

The cabinet doors - why both closed? what difference if one was ajar? which one? why? what if had done no doors, but open shelves?

Would it had made any difference if the drawer was open, or the grinder handle turned a different direction? why?

Thought of the Day -

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

"Crafting Creation" -Finished

"Crafting Creation" 24

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...

"Crafting Creation" 23

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...

"Crafting Creation" 22

 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...

"Crafting Creation" 21

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...

"Crafting Creation" 20

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...