Flowers and Pearsis done! I am quite happy with how this painting ended up. From a distance, this still life feels very tight, very detailed. When you get close to it, there is a lot of broken color, strokes of colors placed next to one another on the surface and left unmixed allowing your eye to do the mixing.
My goal was to push some of the visual textures. I really had a wonderful time working the rough wood of the table against the smooth finish of the glazed and glass objects.
To start the above painting, I pulled out a less than successful oil plein air study I did in 2007. The nice thing about using an older, not-so- stellar paint study, is that I’ve found myself less inclined to stay very true to the plein air study, and more willing to make changes for the good of the painting.
This work in progress piece is pastel on a Gatorboard panel that I made my self. I started by an orange toned board, and then painted on Golden Fine Pumice gel in an irregular pattern.
The image above is a work in progress shot of the still life that I’ve been working on in my studio. In setting up this painting, my plan was to create an arrangement that would allow me to really push some of the visual textures. We have the rough wood of my studio table, the glass pitcher, the slubbed brown linen used the background, and the flowers and pears.
I have one good round of paint across the entire panel. Now it’s time to really start pushing the colors, and playing up the atmosphere and texture.
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