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STAGE THREE
Reference the painting final photo on page 30.
GLASS BOWL:
Transfer outline of bowl. Shade the left side of the bowl, painting over the berries, with a glaze of Black. Use glazing gel with a small amount of Black in the mix. Add Warm White shines as depicted in the final photo.
REFLECTED COLOR:
Place accents to resemble reflected color on the outside edges of the Silver Pitcher – reference final photos. Use Medium Value of nearby object to create this effect. SHINES:
Shines are effective when they progress from trans- parent to opaque. Load the brush very lightly with Warm White, wipe the brush and place in the lightest area. Dif- fuse the edges of the shine to make it transparent. Next load with more Warm White and set your brush down in the same spot as before and coax the paint almost to the edge of the first application. Finally, apply more Warm
White following the same steps. There are many interior shines caused by reflections of objects and light outside the picture plane. These are indicated with Blue Tint and building from transparent to opaque.
SHADOW WORK:
Shadows are transparent and are added last. Shadows fall opposite of the light source so all shadows will fall to the left. Shadows are cooler than the receiver (the table). Thin Black with Mona Lisa Paint Thinner and place overall shadow. Shadows are darker closer to the object causing the shadow. Increase the value of the shadow with Black that has not been thinned. The shadow, the object and the table need to be all the same value to create the illusion that the objects are united with the table.
FINISHING AND VARNISHING
Varnish with Viking Gloss Spray Varnish following the manufacturer’s instructions.
artist’s sketch
Mary Kingslan Gibilisco cda, bfa has had a lifelong interest in art. She began studying art formally in 1979 at the University of Nebraska and in 1984 graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in Fine Art and a minor in Art History.
After several years in the fine art world, Mary turned her full attention to decorative art in 1986. In 1989 she received her CDA distinction from the Society of Decorative Painters. Mary served three years on the SDP Teacher’s Committee with two years as the chair. She was elected to the SDP Nominating Committee. Mary received the Silver Palette from SDP in 2013 – the highest award for noteworthy and exceptional contributions in furthering the purposes of SDP. She is the past chair of SDP’s Education Committee.
In 1998, she worked on Nebraska’s Governor’s Mansion restoration project, supplying four original paintings that are now a part of the permanent collection of the mansion. Mary teaches in her Omaha, Neb. studio as well as across the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia. She has created over 100 instructional DVDs, written for all of the major art publications, and published eight books along with her mother Ann Kingslan mda.
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