Here's the result of the second evening's painting. I didn't have long, so just added some texture and shading to the oranges, as well as adjusting some of the colour relationships. It's certainly rough and ready, but that's not always a bad thing.
I had another evening free to paint. Hopefully it's obvious, but it's a picture of an orange cut up into segments. I wanted to describe the contrasts between the pulpy flesh of the orange, it's skin and the metallic texture of the knife. Here's the pencil sketch to work out the general composition.
I spent the next hour painting. Here's where I got to at the end of the evening. It's still quite rough and sketchy, but it's a start.
14th May 2011
Lovely morning painting and making stuff with the kiddies. I even managed to finish off my still life painting.
I've opened up the box of oil paints again. Another fruit still life I'm afraid. This is the first pencil sketch...
and this one was taken a bit later after some colour had been added.
