Basement #3

[Perry]

This is acrylic with pastel pencils on watercolor paper.
I moved things around on this a number of times
trying to get a decent design and I'm going with this.
The hot water tank is really white and was overbearing in the
comp so I had to play around with the value.
9"x12"

 

[Enyaw]

White is not so bright, is it? I like the color arrangement you used. Harmonized.

 

[Terri]

Lovely soft palette, and I like your composition. These have all been wonderfully done, Perry, and this is no exception. ❤

 

[MaryKnos]

This is fantastic, the colors, the placement. It makes me feel warm and cozy and it’s a basement!

 

[Jo Castillo]

Well done and welcoming/warm.

 

[Donna T]

Another great basement painting! I like the arrangement of objects and will look at water heaters as the models they really are.

 

[Perry]

Thanks Wayne. I guess white can be bright....just not here.
Thanks Terri. For me composition is the real challenge.
Thanks Mary. Glad you like it.
Thanks for the comment Jo
Thanks Donna. Water heaters as models....I like that.

 

[Artyczar]

I am in LOVE with this painting! Everything about it is so cool. I really like all the subject matter here, and the technique and style is perfect.

 

[JessieNebulous]

Great colors! And I like how you've taken a scene that's not traditionally considered visually pleasing and made it into something that is.

 

[Perry]

Arty and Jessie, thank you much.

 

[RaquelB]

Perry – I really enjoyed going through your basement series! What intrigues me most is your amazing sense of composition and colour, which seems to be quite intuitive. And I say that because you never offer even a glimpse about how you arrive to it. You just feel it?

In this Basement #3, I can tell you how the placement of those humble tools around the water heater takes me around (enjoying the colours at the same time) many times. That’s a venerated skill you have!!!

 

[Perry]

Thank you Raquel.
If something in my comp doesn't look (or feel) right I try to figure
out what it is and how I can fix it. Sometimes I'm successful and sometimes not.
I usually end up playing with the comp as I go......rarely do I get it right the first time.