Here are two paintings of objects hung by ribbon, thread or yarn. The knife is unquestionably heavy and pulls down its ribbons. (It was given to me by an Authentic Bedouin, in Petra, Jordan - the sheath and handle are made from a flattened tin can wrapped around wood. The point of the blade is functional.)
The pencil is not nearly so heavy but it manages to pull down the yarn in a straight line, while the feather bounces on the thread, the slightest breeze shifted it and the shadow. Such weighty issues for a still life painter!
Cathy, these are all so wonderful! Thank you for sharing your art - and maybe I'll see you at SOWA one of these days, I'll have to find out where you usually are.
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