HALL GROAT II OIL PAINTING STUDENTS: January 2008

Mariano pear 6 x 8" by Mariano Zucchi

After practicing with the Pears Harmonies as explained in Mr.Hall Groat II fifth DVD for about 2 weeks and painting 11 imaginary pears; finally raided my wife chicken and put a real pear on my desktop right on the glass where I mix my colors. Strategically placed close to the wall. I immediately noticed a nice reflection on the glass, all that was left to do was to integrate the horizontal and vertical planes to create a space illusion that would sustain the simple pear for hundred of years. The 12 fundamental Phases of Painting so brilliantly presented by Professor Groat were the skeleton upon witch I build my oil painting. Yes we stand as they say on shoulder of giants. Presently I am investigation the relationship between LINSEED OIL, GESSOED BOARD , OILS applied with Bristle and Sable brush . Every brush stoke fuses the oils in the linseed oil in different ways, creating infinite variation of colors, illusion of depth, it is almost like sculpting the form with light and colors. An energetic delicate and most rewarding process.

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Baseball 6x6" by Mariano Zucchi

Finally after a week of painting pears i try my hand at a simple object a baseball. Really not so simple to render correctly in his perfection. I really enjgoyed painting this baseball and I think it show in the final oil. I have to say that Mr.Groat DVD was a great help for this oil.

Tetrad Harmony 6x8" by Mariano Zucchi

My shape shifter pear is in a Tetrad harmony. I can see some improvement , secondary planes are more defined and balanced the background finally does not compete for attention with the pear and also there is an accent of middleground. This is my 6th attempt and I think I start getting the ideas expounded on Mr.Hall Groat II DVD's . If he can teach me.... he can teach anybody!

Triadic Harmony 6x8" by Mariano Zucchi

My pear keeps getting a good workout with a different scheme. The secondary planes in retrospect are not worked out properly. It seems like the background wont to recede on this one . It is a work in progress , hope to nail it one day soon!!!

Cool/Warm Harmony 6x8" by Mariano Zucchi

the 4th pear harmony warm/cool not a winner. Oils are applied too heavily and do not conform to the DVD instructions. Perhaps I am getting tired of drawing pears. Not a good day for me but a small step closer to create my ideal pear.

Analogous Harmony , 6x8" by Mariano Zucchi

I tried to follow the DVD instruction , The burnt umber imprimatura was satisfactory, I think I stray a bit on the edges of the pear deforming the initial drawing, still there is too much activity in the foreground and background, I start seeing some improvement on the shadow side of the form and on the interplay of the worm and cool colors in the background. A good exercise.

Complymentary Harmony 6x8" by Mariano Zucchi

This is the second exercise on the per as suggested by Hall Groat II Oil painting DVD vol.Five. I plan to do all of them, to investigate colors and try to understand relationship between foreground, background, etc. Somehow this pear resemble a light bulb. Nobody said it was going to be easy!!!! In retrospect the left edge is too defined. Like a cardboard cut out . On top of that the background is too elaborate and compete with the pear for attention. Even following Mr.Groat DVD, one can still make a lot of mistakes. The important thing is to learn from them; and this is another step.