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Amber and Ice
A faceted tumbler of amber liquid with ice and cucumber, light refracting through the glass and everything else falling into shadow.
How this was made
This piece began with a photograph and a written instruction. Both are kept, so the record is complete rather than flattering.
THE PROMPT AND THE SETTINGS
PROMPT
POSITIVE: Repaint this still life as a Willem Kalf Dutch pronkstilleven, c. 1665. A tall faceted cut-glass tumbler of glowing amber liquid with ice and two cucumber slices, a slender silver pick resting across the rim, standing on a pale stone slab. Deep near-black shadowed ground, with a single warm shaft of light raking in from the upper left and everything else falling away into darkness. Virtuoso rendering of translucency and reflection: light refracting through the faceted glass, glowing golden liquid, wet highlights on the ice, the cucumber skin catching a thin gold rim, the silver pick glinting with a sharp specular accent. Rich restrained palette of deep brown-black, amber, gold and cool green. Smooth layered oil glazes on canvas, jewel-like luminosity emerging from shadow, opulent, sumptuous, old-master finish with aged varnish. NEGATIVE: (none)
SETTINGS
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