I did this painting 6 years ago. At the time I was concerned with painting directly, achieving the correct value in the first go. Some edges have been softened but that was not the focus of the exercise.
My present study of Charles Reid's approach to painting is focused on edge control.
Three Pears (10 x 14 inches)
Edges in the light are hard and defined while the edges on the shadowed side are lost into the cast shadows.The effect is to make the light side come forward and the shadowed side recede.
