Implied and Applied Texture

This past week in my Acrylic Toolbox class we learned about implied and applied texture.

  

Implied Texture is when you are painting an object creating the illusion of the texture through an invented system of marks, or patterns.

Applied Texture is when you literally create a texture from the application of paint, including the addition of mediums to the acrylic paint.

Here's my attempt at the implied/applied texture assignment:

Implied Texture (top row) and Applied Texture (bottom row)

For this assignment, we were to choose 6 objects each with a unique textured surface.  We then zoomed in on an area of each object and rendered the texture we saw on a much larger scale.  We were required to use only white, ochre and chromatic black paints and our choice of other mediums (molding paste, pumice gel, etc)

For the assignment (above), my implied textures were (top row, l to r): a curved glass surface, a piece of coral and a piece of accordion folded and cut paper; my applied textures were (bottom row, l to r): the edge of a towel, a seashell and a beaded earring.  The one I had the hardest time with was the beaded earring.  It's rather difficult to create the flat sides and straight edges of a polyhedron with molding paste...at least the first 16 are  : )

Complementary Apples

Just sharing results of a recent class assignment.

Assignment:  Pick 2 complementary colors.  Pick a single fruit or vegetable.  Arrange a still life with the piece of fruit/veg.  Slice if desired, but use no more than 2 slices.  Using white, chromatic black (made from ultramarine blue and burnt umber) and one of the complementary colors, create and paint a value scale at the top on half of the canvas, then from observation of the still life paint  it using the values created.  When finished, using white, chromatic black and a complement of the first color used, create and paint a value scale on top of the other half of the canvas and then paint the still life from the first painting not from observation of the actual still life.

Below are my paintings of a red apple.  I found it to be difficult focusing on the values (highlights, midtones and shadows) and not the color of the apple.  I also did not do a good job of matching the values from one color to the other, i.e., the inside of the green apple is darker than the red apple.  If I wanted to spend more time on this assignment, I could do more to make them look more alike, but I don't want to : ) I'm moving on to the next assignment which is due in a day and a half and I've got a ways to go...

Organized Chaos - Paint Shelf

Here's a little organization project I recently completed.  It was super simple to make from pre-cut 1 1/2" x 3/8" boards from Home Depot (in 2' and 3' lengths).  The shelves are are 2' wide and 3' tall and hang from a couple of nails underneath the top board.

This one was perfect for craft paints and small tubes of paint.  I like being able to see everything I have available.  I need to make a couple of more for taller tubes of paint, glue and other products I use frequently.