2013.11.30- 靜物01 ( Still life 01)

１ 先仔細觀察，可以看到靜物的擺設呈現的是三角形結構，根據此三角形來畫出物體在畫面裡的相對位置和大小關係，但不需要過分的描繪細節。
Through observation, the arrangement of the objects frame as a triangle. Accordingly, I used triangle to compose the picture.Needless to sketch too many details, instead painting the right relative location and size of objects are the most important thing at this stage.

２ 背景可以被靜物切割成三個獨立的區塊，將其分成三個部分個別處理可以減少失敗的機率。(畫背景時, 背景乾的太快, 造成很醜的硬邊)

The objects can divide the background into 3 independent area. Paint they separately can apparently lower the chance of failure while painting the background. (background dries too quick while painting it, which causes the ugly cauliflower edge.)

３ 先用大圓筆先於底層刷水延長乾燥時間，接著用紅色, 橘色, 黃色以濕縫合法畫出具有豐富色彩的背景。著色的訣竅是不斷的用不同比例調新的顏色，並把它們塗在原本的顏色旁邊。畫完第一層之後趁著水分未乾，可在局部上咖啡色畫背景深色的區域。盡量避免畫到靜物的亮區，但靜物的暗區則沒有這樣的考量，因為後續的上色足以將背景的顏色蓋過。此外，還盡量畫的濃一點，如此才能讓背景的色彩在水分乾掉後還維持足夠的飽和度。
Pre-wet the background to extend the drying time of the following washes. Loosely paint the background with the mixture of red, orange and yellow to make it more colorful.The tip is to keep mixing in the different ratio and apply the wet-in-wet technique. 

Apply dark colors such as brown on the wet wash to cover the dark area. Don't touch the light part of the objects, but it's OK to paint into the dark side of the objects because  the color of background can be covered later. Besides, make the background overcolored to offset the fading after water goes off. 

４ 用黑色混和紫色及橘色畫開始畫靜物，最左邊的靜物則是以黃色和橘色為主，混和些許黑色。此時靜物的亮區會做留白處理，台燈下算盤的簍空部分大略畫一下，只要表現出算珠感覺即可。
Deal with the objects with the mixture of black, purple and orange, and paint the object on the far left with the mixture of yellow, orange and kinda black. Preserve the bright area. Loosely paint the harrows of the abacus under the desk lamp. Only need to express the feeling of the beads of the abacus.

５ 用平頭筆畫背景的第二層，不用畫出細節，只需用色塊表達出背景木條的剪影即可。將先前未畫的亮區以黃色混和些許的橘色著色，但是最亮的區域需留白，然後再以亮黃色薄塗留白的區域。
Deal with the second layer of background with flat headed brush but don't paint the detail of the wood strips. It's OK to just use the color lumps to express the silhouette. Fill the white area preserved with the mixture of yellow and kinda orange but preserve the highlight. Finally, glaze the light yellow over the highlight.

６ 以小筆沾水洗掉局部亮區的顏色，使其更亮，作為最後的修飾。
Finally, in order to touch up the work I used the small brush to soak up a little water, and washed part of the bright area to make it brighter.