This is from a still life class. The roses were fake, which is too bad, but nothing lives for 3 weeks and we don't work that fast. As usual, I am stymied by the drapery. Apparently, the old masters would devote whole classes and paintings to drapery. At one point I told Chui "mon nature mort est mort" and he added some shadows and said "Je l'ai ressuscité." I wanted to note is a small detail: the shadow in the roses was mixed from red- scarlet lake and burnt sienna, and it gave depth to the flower. He says mix a maximum of 3 colors to keep the colors pure. He corrected my work and added purple grey shadow to some of the petals, which I couldn't see myself, looking at the flowers.
The composition:
What I did over 3 classes. At the end of our class he came over to mine and added gilt of the gold on the cup, and one tiny highlight on the vase, which enlivened the painting.
Everyone's work all together. Chui compared our works one to each other. Mine's on the floor at far right, and my brother's is next to it.
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