Today was day 3 for this copy. I got there right at 10, got my permit renewed (which has to be done once a month), and was up in the gallery by 10:15. It was a sunny day, which made the room brighter - the rooms are lit mainly by skylights, so on cloudy days, it's pretty dark for painting. But today was nice and bright.
As always, I started working by mixing up some of the basic colors I would be using. A nice orangey-beige for the wooden box, a neutral black from which I could make cool grays, and a warm dark. I started working from the bottom up, repainting large areas and getting the colors and values as close as I could.
I took these three photos just before going to lunch:
A view of my copy with the original on the wall
Still just working on getting the basic shapes, colors, and values right. All the surface detail will come later.
Detail
Here is the painting at the end of the day. I mainly worked on the bottom third of the painting, but put some warm and cool darks around the books in the box. I stopped working early, because today was beautiful, and I wanted some time outside to enjoy it. This summer was too hot! So I quit working around 2:30 and got home in time to take a walk. See you in two weeks!
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