EMPTY JARS

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I'm not real sure about this one. I tinkered with the composition and wonder if leaving the background blank would have made a better painting. I started with the front jar and didn't take into account that the larger jar would be blue/green. . .in fact the reference photo didn't show it as blue/green. But I liked the idea of blue/green glass reflecting light. I should have had more blue/green in the small jar. Live and learn.

I like how the top of the larger jar turned out. Maybe i can just cut this one up into a smaller painting :-).

RUST BUCKETS 2

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Several years ago I created a painting of these two trucks . The reference photo was taken by a friend. The trucks are in the back yard of the friend's father-in-law. This is a different angle on the trucks than the first painting.

I used just a bit of masking on this painting for the whites in the headlights and the reflections off of metal. I also masked off the weeds in front of the left truck's grill as well as the bullet hole in the windshield. What I was hoping to achieve was the effect of the sunlight coming from the right as in a later afternoon sun.

I like the way the painting turned out. My favorite part is the Chevrolet logo on the front of the red truck.