Tea Still Life

[Sacgal/Sharon]

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Since doing Dennis' class, I'm now addicted to painting still lifes with a black background! This is based on a PMP photo by Cherry Aron. I really should be working on a dog commission, but just couldn't resist trying to paint this. Any suggestions?

[Val]

Being that I am one of those Brit tea nuts  ... and without seeing the photo... the tea looks a bit milky. I do love tea with lemon, but never with milk. Regardless, great painting but I just feel the tea needs to show a bit more natural tea colour/transparency. Oh.... no cakes?       

[Sacgal/Sharon]

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I actually like milk in my tea, Val - learned that from living in England! Took me a while to get used to it I admit!

But here's the reference photo - let me know if I still need to lighten the liquid!

[Val]

I would say a bit less brown in the colour and more of a pure yellow colour, (lemony as it were) quite light. Transparency is just so darn difficult to get.   

[Sacgal/Sharon]

Ok. I'll scrub it later and add more lemon yellow! Stay tuned!

[Val]

  Not too much! Oh lawdy I'm going to have a stroke! 

[MaryAnne Long]

Another beautiful still life, Sharon.  The lemon slices on the left looks so real.

Agree with Val on the transparent vs. the milky tea.

Otherwise, a thing of beauty.

aloha

mea

[Maryna]

Love it!

Love milk in my tea. Everyone I know have milk in their tea.

[Gita]

Beautiful Sharon, agree, Lemonjuice goes with tea without milk, so a bit more transparency of the tea would be good. In the original the tea is without milk.
I drink blacktea with milk and sugar. Sometimes a bit of fresh ginger to it. My way of drinking " Chai".

[Straynative]

Lovely still life! I like the composition and colours 

[TeresaM]

Beautiful painting, but no milk with lemon thanks haha

[Sacgal/Sharon]

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Loving the milk/no milk discussion! Here's the best I can do. I can't scrub anymore - and the colors I used before seem to be staining colors - so in the photo I still get the milky look. In person it does look a bit more transparent. I think I need a cup of tea after doing this!

[Val]

Right! Tea and Valium.     I've been on pins and needles waiting to see what happened!     

Looks better, staining colours can really put a screw in the works. Has happened so many times to me. I'm a bit smarter now...I made a list of the most common colours I use, and split the list into staining and non-staining. Same for transparency. Makes it much easier to fix the mishaps. 

Good job. 

[Sacgal/Sharon]

Valium - is that what Val is short for?!?

In person, the tea truly does look a lot less murky. And now I think I'll switch to coffee!!

[MaryAnne Long]

Nice work, Sharon.  Some tea lover is going to snap this right up!

aloha

mea