This was a study of painting brass, using gouache paint. The secret is all about light, dark and reflections that make an object appear metallic. It’s painting the darks & lights of the shadows and highlights that give it that metallic look. It’s not about painting a base color.
The first thing you have to do is forget that it is metal
and just try to analyze the various colors that you see in the light middle and
dark areas. You need to look into the light areas and dark areas and try and
decide what colors are there, and paint these. And remember painting is an
interpretation not necessarily a photographic reproduction, you are allowed an
artistic justice with the interpretation.
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