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My apple looks so dull. How to make it shining?

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Hi Carlo, I liked to paint a group of apples, this time I tried to add a foreground/background. I think I got the values right, not quite sure with low chroma yellow-orangy areas. The right side the background is sunken in, any suggestion to fix it? Thank you!

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Pink lady apple

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Watched the video again ( your palette was the only main speaker).  Hope there's enough bumpiness in the rind and enough juiciness  ...

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Hi Carlo, i am happy with the background tone and the values and colours of the fruit. I like the contrast of the structure of the linen and the painted fruit. Would be great to know, how and which detail of the lemon could be improved.Would be great if you can give some feed back! Thank you!

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Hi Carlo, just wanted you to have the chance to get a better look at those grapes. No need for another feedback, unless you see something new.

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Hello Carlo, my name is Rosanne. Here is my lemon painting. The texture on the rind isn't as obvious as I hoped for.
Although I wasn't trying to paint a background/environment, the initial tone on the canvas was warm and the lemon didn't stand out. My attempts to remedy this just created a bit of a mess. I'm so delighted to be in this class. Thank you for your feedback.

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Hi Carlo, it is very challenging to deal with the different textures. Does this look juicy? I’m not sure with the middle part, on the left side the edges seems to be a little to sharp. What is necessary to improve? Thank yo for any feed back!

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Hi Carlo, i wanted to finish my grapes before go further to the lemon. I decided against any shadow. Do you think the highlights are bright and interesting enough?

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Carlo. thank for the gloves recommendation. they fit well on me in Small and will help with this kind of work so close to the ferrule. What size brush is "are" the smooshing" brush you used in the last session on lemons? I am making another Rosemary order and thought I would try it.

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Carlo. thank for the gloves recommendation. they fit well on me in Small and will help with this kind of work so close to the ferrule. What size brush is "are" the smooshing" brush you used in the last session on lemons? I am making another Rosemary order and thought I would try it.

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Hi Carlo! It took me some time to finish it, I also used few glazes here and there so it took time to dry till I could scan it. Would love to have your feedback. I am mostly very unhappy with the stem and the grapes, they do not look like Dutch masters style grapes. I guess I will have to rework the background too... just don't want it to turn into a nightmare.
Many thanks!

Your lemon demo today was wonderful!

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Hi, Carlo, this is y second try. More variety in value and form. I tried to paint every berry round and nicely but also tried that they build an intresting form all together. I am not quite sure what to do with gaps between the berries. And i am not sure about the background, i would like to have as little paint as possible. It would be a interesting contrast to the very detailed painted grapes. But then a shadow may would not be possible to paint in.

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Ok, I darkened the shadow and the dark side of the grapes near the shadow. I took this photo outside and now there is some reflected light on the upper grapes because they look greyish? I so sorry that my photos are always so terrible. :(

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Thank you for the feedback. :) I tryed to take a better photo, but it is quite difficult. All I have is my cellphone and the light is a trouble too, because I live in Finland and we do not have much light here at the moment... You are correct that the shadow should be darker. There is also a strange dark line on the grapes next to the shadow... I just noticed it.

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Hi ! :) Painting grapes is quite challenging!! All those small spheres with changing hues, chromas and values...  :D And I struggled with the shadow too. I thought that it would been the easy part, but oh no...   I used M.Grahan walnut alkyd oil as a medium to the grapes and oleogel to the shadow. Br, Tytti

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Hi ! :) Painting grapes is quite challenging!! All those small spheres with changing hues, chromas and values...  :D And I struggled with the shadow too. I thought that it would been the easy part, but oh no...   I used M.Grahan walnut alkyd oil as a medium to the grapes and oleogel to the shadow. Br, Tytti

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Hello Carlo, another layer of modelling paying attention to reflective light and blending shadow with background. I decided to paint the background to paint wet into wet. Many thanks, Leonie.

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Hi Carlo, thank you for your Feedback! I tried to improve the cast shadow. I go higher in value und blend the edges much more.

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Thank you for your first session! My grapes were mostly of a blue colour, but with a red undertone. I had the most difficulties with the correct colour and the cast shadow. Would it be possible to explain how you paint the cast shadow, that it get a kind of transparent look? I painted my cast shadow with raw umber, ultramarine blue an cobalt blue. Thank you and i am looking forward to the second session.

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Aleta Heisig Love the new brushes and paints you suggested, as well as the video.

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Aleta Heisig Love the new brushes and paints you suggested, as well as the video.

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Grapes are very stylist! My grapes started to droop as I went, so I painted the falling a part look on the right. I am confused with medium and the white lead paint seems too dry. Any suggestions without turpentine would be very helpful! Any suggestions with blending as well. Thank you so much!

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Carlo, second image attached for feedback. Leonie

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Hello Carlo
Thank you for your first session. I have posted the first day's work and will follow with a second image on finishing a second session. I can see a another layer will be required to soften and blend. The specific questions in areas of frustration include: is there a method to clean up edges when you wish to keep the toned canvas as the background; and the best method to develop the form shadow on the toned background when painting wet on dry? Is it possible to go over these questions in the next session? Many thanks, Leonie

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I am painting in my dead layer. There is a unique "brushy" look to the dark grape dead layer in your example. Is it a very thin brushy application of paint? It appears to be as if a hog bristle type brushed it in without totally covering the surface. Which brush did you use for the dead layer? Was it like a hog bristle that provides that "ebauche" type layer? Then afterwards, which brush works well on the edges? A small protege round or sable?

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I am painting in my dead layer. There is a unique "brushy" look to the dark grape dead layer in your example. Is it a very thin brushy application of paint? It appears to be as if a hog bristle type brushed it in without totally covering the surface. Which brush did you use for the dead layer? Was it like a hog bristle that provides that "ebauche" type layer? Then afterwards, which brush works well on the edges? A small protege round or sable?

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I wish Id selected more colorful grapes! I want to emphasize shadow, texture of wood as well. Maybe add a lemon at bottom for interesting reflected light?
I would love to know how you light your subjects... a fun webinar.
I hope I can see you paint next time. Image on screen was too small for my vision .