Still Life with Orange and Teapot
Oil on Canvas Board
11″ x 14″
© 1992 Marilyn Fenn

Class notes, SAIC, 1991

• More transparent colors recede; more opaque colors come forward.
• Unify the painting by using the same yellow, orange, etc.
• Gray colors by using their complements.
• Work all over, 3-4 tones (light, medium, dark, etc.) for each area –> work other colors from painting into highlights and shadows.
• Work all over; when you change one thing, you change everything!
• Make sure highlights reflect colors from light source (or put another way, warm light, cool shadows; cool light, warm shadows).
• Simplify shapes (details) in shadows especially (i.e., NO detail).
• Choose a color scheme and stick to it.
• Get freshness back into figures while working all over.
• Let some shadow areas slide into background area.