Today I Learned: Building greens through glazes.

"Granny Tiny", 5"x5", acrylic on canvas panel, c)2010 valerie@berkelydesign.com

The last of my tiny apple series, this framed painting is for sale at the Paint Box Gallery in Ephraim, Door County WI.

I enjoyed, again, the challenge of painting large to small.  But I especially liked getting to know my greens through many layers of transparent paint.  I found the abstract shapes and reflections in the green apple provided a good lesson in "trust" ... meaning: build the colors through glazes and weird abstract shapes.  In the end: an apple!

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