ACRYLIC FALL 2015 CLASS Project: Cool Refuge Final

 My finished chair. Added more cracks, changed the way the vines hung, added highlights to the plant under the chair and the cobble stones.

 Added more cracks and highlights to the chair especially the front facing parts. Added rust around the nails and more color to give it some life.

 

 Highlights on the plant are cool highlights using soft greens and blues and slightly darker versions under the chair. I also added touches of orange and sienna because if you look at the photo you will see those colors.

I just suggested detail in the distant cobble stones. They are too far in the background to see much detail and those of you who have done detail, it takes away from your subject the chair.

 I took out some of the vines I had going across but left them in the corner, it suggests an arch. I also added shadows under the vines.

If you put cracks in your wall do not get carried away. Cracks are mostly thin and few. Some of you had scary spiders on your walls with big hairy legs. Practice with your liner brush so you know how to make the thin lines. Also, the wall is behind the chair so if you have lines going toward your chair don't make they look like the are avoiding the chair, they actually go behind the chair.

This finishes up our Fall project, I hope you learned a lot about warm and cool areas and how to make things look old. I hope to see you again in the winter session so until then, keep painting and I will see you in class.