#18 Happy Orange

I had off work today, so I painted in the AM and the PM.  This is the PM, an orange, with my same happy color scheme as the pear: pink, orange and green.  This morning I did a darker version of the base for the shadow....this evening I went back (without realizing) to mixing up a brown for the shadow.  I think I need to experiment more with shadows that aren't brown.

I also read another chapter in Carol's book, this one on "placing" object in a thoughtful manner; ie once you've got your perspective, inspect it for objects that are kissing another (or an edge), pointing into a corner, lined up in a row, or hiding in a shadow, etc.... Move things around before beginning your sketch (sketch, ha). Since I've mostly only done single objects so far, I haven't had to worry with this bit.  Maybe tomorrow I'll try something with multiple items, or maybe I'll wait for February.  We'll call it a "graduation".