The lanterns languished. Finally, I reminded myself that I am the Mayor of Realville, the lanterns were too hard for me at that size (a paintbrush will never quite behave like a pencil), and it was time to make them go away.
So, I turned the painting into one of pomegranates.
Still, I wanted to do something with those charming little lanterns. If it was too difficult a subject in oil, then surely I could draw them!
This time I had to change the format, because my intention is to use them in the 2019 calendar. I squished them closer together, eliminated a board at the bottom, and began.
When they were in progress, I took them to my students and said, “Do to me what I do to you – evaluate this drawing honestly!”
They told me to forget all the grass and turn the entire background into boards. Being confident that I have taught my students well, I followed their directives. You can see that the grass on the left side is boards; the grass of the right side is still grass (or hair or a weird texture of something?)
I also hadn’t yet decided how much color to include, so the lantern on the far right needs more blue. The shadows aren’t dark enough, and the drawing isn’t finished yet in the top picture.
Now it is finished, photoshopped for best reproduction, and I really really like it!!
P.S. The 2019 calendar will be called “A Touch of Color” and will be pencil drawings with a little bit of color in them, probably all Tulare County subject matter.
2 Comments
Jana, good choice to draw the lanterns and paint the pomegranates! They are lovely…. I am a newbe to Savannah Ga. and I have begun to paint some of the flowering trees here and will continue for more as they appear. I would like to also paint for a calendar these flowers of Savannah. I think there would be a market here. Would you be so kind as to tell me who I should contact to have a calendar made. Or do you self publish and how is that done? Does someone else place the correct monthly dates, or do you find the fonts etc. How do you determine the cost to produce a calendar?
Thank you, Jana
Janet B.
Hi Janet, thanks for checking in and for your nice words about my pomegranates. I will email you separately to answer some of your questions.
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