March 28, 2016
I spent a little time back on my first still life of this year. I need a few more days away from it before I decide if it’s finished.
This one came about as something to do with the extra paint on my palette at the end of a painting session. I hate just tossing it, but at the same time I have not come up with a good way to save it until next time either. This is my solution.
Today’s quote is courtesy of Who Said That. Check them out!
This past week has not been productive. And in the time I was working creatively, I was plagued by self-doubt. Regardless, it’s here to see.
March 14, 2016
A bit more time put in on this image this past weekend. I decided I didn’t much care for the posterized version of the apples, so I redid them. Interestingly enough, last week, right before I put away my brushes, I thought I’d add a bit more detail to the drapery on the right hand side of the image. I worked quickly and was not at all impressed with what I accomplished at the time. Now when I look back at it though, it looks entirely different – fortunately in a good way. More evidence that sometimes it’s the time away from a canvas that allows you to view it more accurately. The background still needs work here, but it’s getting close to finished.
March 7, 2016
My quote this week came to me courtesy of Who Said That. Read more of Tobias van Schneider’s thoughts.
February 29, 2016
This piece is progressing. I’m currently planning to complete the drapery in the background in a less posterized fashion than the apples, but I’m not completely sure. I’m kind of just playing with this as I go and making decisions along the way. My apples may still change completely before I call this finished.
February 22, 2016
Here’s the new painting on my easel. I had taken photos of fruit right after Christmas and had picked two images to paint early in the new year – prepping both canvases at the same time. I thought that if I had two larger paintings going at once, if I got bored or stuck working on one, I’d just move to the other. My unfinished still life with the red apple is annoying me currently, so I started looking at this one and was not as interested as painting it as I had been back in January. To make it more interesting I have decided to play a little. I am working with book paper and transparency in the background and simplifying the gradation of the images throughout. I’ve converted the image to black and white in Photoshop and then posterized it to five tones of grey plus black and white. It’s still early on and I may change it entirely before the end, but here’s the beginning of the image. Any comments are welcome.
February 15, 2016
A little further along on this one.
February 1, 2016
January 25, 2016
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