When choosing a subject for a still

life, how to paint the shadow &

Darker tones of the object
(Week 1 to Week 4 (submission
after class)
Class Exercise 2_UJMD1064
Acrylic paint on Acrylic Paper 9No
Mixed Media); A3 size.
• When choosing a subject for a still life, you
don’t have to limit yourself to traditional
subjects, such as flower or fruit.
• It is amazing how an everyday object – like a
pile of firewood stacked against an old fence,
an abandoned toy, or even an old glass bottle
– can make a great still life painting
 Arranging the Elements:
• The designs on the
sandals and the
shadows
• The sandals cast across
the floor make this an
interesting still life.
 Colour palette :
original painting done in oil, but you
can replace it in arcylic paint

• Red • purple
• Ultramarine blue • crimson red
• Yellow • cadmium red
• Green • Olive green
• Black • Sap green
• Brown • Blue
• orange • Yellow ochre
• red light • Zinc white
• Burnt Sienna (Brown)
 Colour palette : colour mixing with 3
primary colours
• If you have no budget to buy so many colours, then you can mix the
primary colours (Red, Yellow, Ultramarine Blue) to get the brown,
green purple and orange colours.
• for example, the “red light”, you can mix the red with white,or
maybe another small amount of lemon yellow, then you will get it.
• for example, the “olive green” & “sap green”, it is a darker tone of
green colour, also cadmium red is a darker tone of red. you can
always do colour mixing to get these colours.
• Always, remember, the more you explore on colour mixing, the
more can learn better in sense of colour and colour mixing.
 Step 1:
• First draw a
detailed sketch of
the scene.
• After underpainting
with a wash of
burnt sienna
(brown color) and a
little sap green, add
the cast shadows
using mixes that
reflect the cooler
values of the sandal
colours.
 Step 2:
• Next paint the
white sandals
with mixes of
white, dark
blue, and
adding a little
crimson red
for the cool
purples.
 Step 3:
• For the pattern on the
green sandals, use a
flat brush to paint
olive greens and
peaches.
• Trace the outline of
the lighter pattern
with red and then
paint it with a lighter
green.
• Lighten the black
straps with light blue
and light yellow.
 Step 4:
• Next paint the base
colours of the
striped and
Hawaiian-flower
sandals, using
mostly yellows and
yellow-greens.
• For the Hawaiian
pattern, fill in the
white, yellow, and
orange background
areas, adding
cadmium red to
deepen the
oranges.
 Step 5:
• Paint the small pink
flowers with a mix of
crimson(darker tone of
red) , cadmium red
(brighter tone of red),
and white.
• Add purple to darken
the pinks.
• For the interiors of the
leaves, use crimson red
and orange.
• Then add the dark
outline of the flowers
and reflected colour
from the surroundings.
 Step 6:
• Now paint the
blue, white, and
green stripes,
leaving the base
colour for the
yellow strips.
• Use white to
clean up the
edges of the
stripes and
create a subtle
highlight around
the edges of the
sandals.
 Step 7:
• Paint over the shadows with
transparent glazes of crimson and
purple.
• Next paint the Hawaiian sandal
straps with mixes of crimson,
cadmium red, white and purple.
• For the yellow straps, sue the
same colour as the shoe,
darkened with black.
• Use a detail brush to trace along
the edges and clean up the
outline, this is one of the best
techniques for making the
painting look more realistic.
• Finish developing the highlights.