"Stage Your Still Life Painting"
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Author: Ruth_Cox, Contributing Editor
| I moved the flower a little to change the light pattern. |  |
| Here is an actual setup. The box top has been folded back and the sides folded out at an angle, and the fabric was draped over the back. The light enters through a window in the right wall of the box. |  |
| I've used this method to help me with getting just the right lighting and arrangement for my still life work many times. Using a cardboard box is inexpensive and very versatile. Try your hand at making a still life setup box like this one. I know you will enjoy yours as much as I do mine. Let me know if you come up with more ways to make your still life box even more useful or other ways to stage your work. |
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