From the Artist: Comments: I did this little Sliced Apple picture yesterday and today. There's an apple still sitting in my kitchen with two blue painted bits of paper stuck into its sides similar to the picture. The background is roughly the yellow-beige color of my tile and walls.
I almost didn't submit it after seeing some of the beautifully complex pictures. But then I figured... why not?
From the Painting Guide: Apples make a good subject for a still life because they last for some time! I'm glad you did decide to submit your painting because it's intended to be for everyone, wherever they see themselves in their journey as a painter, and it's the collection together that makes it useful and inspiring.
Things to Consider When Looking at This Painting:
Composition: It may be something that's caused by cropping of the photo, but the very tip of the apple's stalk is cut off at the top (and if were framed, a little more would be hidden), and at the bottom of curves of the bottom of the apple also kiss the edge.
This doesn't bother some people, but I prefer something to either go very definitely off the edge (in the way the piece of paper on the left does), or to have a definite space between itself and the edge. Why? Because otherwise it looks like you didn't plan the placing of the elements in a composition carefully enough and ran out of paper... In this instance, I think I'd add some space above the stalk, and let the bottom crop off the red of the apple.
Color: Take a moment to look at the beautiful color making up the red apple, how it's built up from lines of various colors into a deep, rich color.
I almost didn't submit it after seeing some of the beautifully complex pictures. But then I figured... why not?
From the Painting Guide: Apples make a good subject for a still life because they last for some time! I'm glad you did decide to submit your painting because it's intended to be for everyone, wherever they see themselves in their journey as a painter, and it's the collection together that makes it useful and inspiring.
Things to Consider When Looking at This Painting:
Composition: It may be something that's caused by cropping of the photo, but the very tip of the apple's stalk is cut off at the top (and if were framed, a little more would be hidden), and at the bottom of curves of the bottom of the apple also kiss the edge.
This doesn't bother some people, but I prefer something to either go very definitely off the edge (in the way the piece of paper on the left does), or to have a definite space between itself and the edge. Why? Because otherwise it looks like you didn't plan the placing of the elements in a composition carefully enough and ran out of paper... In this instance, I think I'd add some space above the stalk, and let the bottom crop off the red of the apple.
Color: Take a moment to look at the beautiful color making up the red apple, how it's built up from lines of various colors into a deep, rich color.