{"id":6263,"date":"2012-10-09T09:04:51","date_gmt":"2012-10-09T08:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=6263"},"modified":"2013-02-12T18:06:50","modified_gmt":"2013-02-12T18:06:50","slug":"those-wretched-shadows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/2012\/10\/09\/those-wretched-shadows\/","title":{"rendered":"Crock of Gold Hoard – Those Wretched Shadows!"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"All<\/a>

All Unpicked<\/p><\/div>\n

When you last saw the Crock of Gold Hoard (here<\/a>), it included some highly unsatisfactory shadows, and my mother and myself had pounding headaches and crossed eyes from deciphering the original photograph.<\/p>\n

It took several hours of frustrating, painstaking unpicking, aided by tweezers, but I managed, and then started on the ground while I pondered the shadows. There are some sticks or something on the ground, and I want the ground to look sandy and speckled so I’m going to use seed stitches to create the sandy, gravelly look.<\/p>\n

\"Simplified<\/a>

Simplified Shadows<\/p><\/div>\n

There followed still more headscratching, sketching and puzzling (including experiments with photo-editing and watermarking on my tablet computer – that’s why there are two different copyright notices in this post!),<\/p>\n

This example isn’t quite right – the shadow of the pot isn’t long enough, but it does demonstrate quite clearly that I’ve decided to simplify the shadows very considerably.<\/p>\n

\"Shadows<\/a>

Shadows drawn in chalk<\/p><\/div>\n

Since I’m removing the archaelogist and his hands, as well as the confusing shadow of the post which is out of the picture, I’ve decided I might as well simplify as many of the other shapes as I can. As I’ve said before, I’m not a needlepainter, and I’m not aiming for complete realism. Still, getting the shadows right will do much to make the design seem realistic enough.<\/p>\n

I’m sure the detail of the shadows will change, but I’ve now drawn in an outline of those simplified shadows in chalk. I’ve even remembered that the pot has shoulders and a raised rim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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