Lemons

[Diana Lee]

I want to show a stilllife I did called Lemons. This is on a 9 x12 smooth white claybord. I used oil pencils. My pallette is... for the lemons I used Yellow, Yellow Orange, Orange, Red Orange, Red, Crimson Red, Terra Cotta, Yellow Green, Green, Burnt Umber, and Black. For the bowl I used Cerulean Blue, Blue, Indigo Blue, and Black. For the towel I used Cerulean Blue, Indigo Blue, and Black. For the wood surface I used Light Flesh, Yellow Ochre, Sienna Brown, Burnt Umber, Indigo Blue, and Black. I used some of the wood colors in the reflection on the bowl.
I am including some details and I will add more later. The first detail is a close up of the lemon on top. the next is a section of the table in the sunlight. I used the broad nib to create the texture of the wood. And on the lemon I used the pointed nib and the broad nib.

Diana

[Bertoni]

Diana:
I don't think I've ever seen work in oil pencil!! You did a dynamite job with it together with scratch on the white Claybord!

[Diana Lee]

Actually, oil pencils are meant for wood work. It is very similar to color pencil, only a tad more transparent.

Diana

[Trilby]

Very interesting medium. The lemons are beautiful, but I'm intriqued with the terry cloth towel. The texture of that is so spot on and life like. All very beautiful.
TJ

[Diana Lee]

Thanks, here are some details of the towel. It was the ability to scratch that did the trick for the towel, everything white is scratched.

Diana

[Obedec]

OK I'm inspired to go scratch...just as soon as I finish cards.
Karen

[Garbonzo]

Diana this is truly awesome. I'm sitting here scratching my head in amazement at what you do with scratchboard. Wow!

[Diana Lee]

Thanks Karen and Harold. You people sure know how to make a gal feel good.

Diana

[Celticelf]

Diana, I keep learning so much from you. I have used my oil pencils on wood, but never would have thought to go this route. I have been afraid of the white clayboard, but now I have to try.
Diana, you are such a professional I have a serious question. You show us so much for our benefit, do you ever run into problems with your artwork being stolen or misused after being posted. This site is like the mountain art shows where it is exciting to meet other artists, but people warn me against posting artwork. I think that would be more a problem for writers. Opinion? Terri

[Diana Lee]

Hi Terri,

That's a good question. I am not too worried. On this site, at most, the image is 500 x 600 pixels. At 300 dpi that makes the images actual size about 1 1/2 inches x 2 inches. If any one tried to enlarge it to print the quality would be so deteriated it wouldn't be worth a whole lot. If someone wanted to pass it around via the net so others could see it then that would be ok (but it would be nice if they gave me the credit), Heck that is what I am doing here, showing it to others. Most of my work is based on images from the Wetcanvas reference library so there is not need to copy my stuff, they could just go to the library and get the original.

I recently entered a piece called Tiger Cub in my local county fair. It won a first place ribbon. Someone took it right off the wall and walked out with it, with several hundred people in the building. My point being, where is it really safe?

If someone wants to rip me off, that's on their Karma (so to speak).

Diana

[Celticelf]

Thanks! Terri

[Meisie]

AHHHHHHHHHH that towel is to faint for really! I love the whole piece, but cannot get over the towel.

Someone stole you tiger cub? brazen @#$%^ I can't believe it! well, that one may want it of course, but steal it? Good grief!

I'm very sorry to hear that

[Diana Lee]

Thanks Meisie, I was very upset when it happened and I didn't like the way the fair handled it at all. I did, however, get local news coverage (both tv and newspaper).

Diana

[Rodman]

i like the lemons and the table...a lot..but, i freak'n LOVE hte bowl and the towel..that towel is something extra...thanks for posting..rod-man

[Diana Lee]

Thank you Rod-man. I don't think I could have done the rough terrycloth texture of the towel if it were not on scratchboard. I really love this medium.

Diana