This painting is flat but can be rescued, easily. Reflect some of the warm colors of the table into to underside of the lemons. this is called "local color" . light is also present in the shadows of a thing. this is called "half light". Stop murdering your compositions , you do this when you place the subject smack dab in the center of the picture plane. Happy painting, to you.
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Jerrie Glasper 02 Jan 2007
This painting is flat but can be rescued, easily. Reflect some of the warm colors of the table into to underside of the lemons. this is called "local color" . light is also present in the shadows of a thing. this is called "half light". Stop murdering your compositions , you do this when you place the subject smack dab in the center of the picture plane. Happy painting, to you.Steph Salt 31 Aug 2006
It looks great now Janie, and those lemons have real puch to them.