Painting # 45 - Massing shapes: bunch of bananas

Composition Source:

Exercise 28 :   Massing shapes:  bunch of bananas

"Learn to Paint in Acrylics with 50 Small Paintings" by Mark Daniel Nelson; 

5 step-by-step directions with photos to guide you.

Massing involves combining groups of small, detailed shapes. If you look at your subject with half-closed eyes, it will obscure the details and helps get a better sense of the overall shape that makes up the subject.  

Finished artwork:
Size:  ~ 6" x 9" 
Spring 2019

In Progress work and drawing:

Paints: acrylics, student grade by:
by Liquitex Basics, Amsterdam, Grumbacher Academy.



 Brushes

• #6 round,  #4 filbert, 3/4" flat brush
  
  

Surface or Support:  

• Mont Marte brand.  Medium-heavy canvas sheets, cut to size; fixed to a clipboard with masking tape, so no buckling or warping.