Orange Day One

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.

Apple and Pear Day Two

14th May 2011

Lovely morning painting and making stuff with the kiddies. I even managed to finish off my still life painting.

 

Apple and Pear

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.

Two Pears - some variations on a theme

The first pear picture had been painted on the corner of a previous painting I hadn't liked much. I thought the picture of the two pears worked ok. However, the rest of the canvas was still showing the old painting. I decided to paint a series of variations on the pear theme in the remaining three quarters of the canvas. This is the first stage, still very basic, I'm just setting out the rough compositions and general colour relationships. I'll start putting in more detail and modelling over the next few days (hopefully).

Two Red Pears

A painting of two red pears. I loved the shape they made as they touch. Good negative space. The colours are more stylised than normal. I enjoyed the contrasts of the cold blue and warm reds.

The Apple And The Orange - Day 2

Second day on this painting. Got back from work at 10.30 so not much time to paint after I'd grabbed a bite to eat. Added a bit more detail to the apple and the orange and worked on the blue cushion. It's all very saturated and colourful. It may be a little crude but at least it's not muddy.

The Apple and the Orange - day one

I'm back in the saddle again. Thought I'd pick things up with a colourful still life. I'm trying to build the picture up in blocks of colour. I definitely don't want it to get muddy!