Observing colour and modelling

This week we went back to a basic technique, tone strips and cones, and added a twist. We worked in colour using fruit as the reference. This is to help us analyse colour and form without the distraction of representation (making it look like the fruit). See for your self but there is no denying which strip or tube is a lime with its dark metallic earthy greens compared to say the light lemon greens of a pear, or a lemon, or an orange. For added challenge we placed each piece of fruit on a strong colour cloth/paper. Homework is to use these studies to produce the representational picture of the fruit. Below are the pastel studies by Rose, Frank, Mary, Moira, Anne, Val, Janice and Michael.