More still life practice, this time working out a basic composition of several objects. It’s fun to make these little set-ups and it only takes a couple hours to paint them.
Category: Painting
An Orange and a Bowl
Two small paintings I did for practice contrasting warm shadows with cool highlights without losing the intensity of color in the highlights. Lesley has a whole stack of these small bowls in different colors, so I’m thinking of doing a series.
Another Christmas Commission
As this picture was a surprise gift, I didn’t want to post it before Christmas. This was done combining images from several photos I got from the client. The painting is 11×14 inches. I had a lot of fun with the trees behind the house on the left.
A Pair of Pears
Here are the pears. The black and white pear from the first class and the color one from the second. The point is to get the value and color contrast right. The b/w version went pretty well, although I struggle with finding and painting the darkest part, the core, of the shadow. I know intellectually… Continue reading A Pair of Pears
The School Bell Rang
I was back in class yesterday up in the 3d floor loft studio at the Palette & Chisel, painting a pear in 5 grayscale values. It was my first class with Michael Van Zeyl, highly-recommended still-life painting teacher at the academy. After working on my drawing skills for the past year and half, it’s time… Continue reading The School Bell Rang
Chicago Commission
This is a commission I did for a friend whose daughter lives in Chicago near Wrigley Field. I took pictures of the house on the first nice day last April, before everything had grown out. I would have done an oil sketch on the spot, but this was a surprise Christmas gift and I heard… Continue reading Chicago Commission
Olbrich Park
I live right over the hill from Olbrich Park and often walk my dog to the top of the sledding hill (actually the top of a big tank that holds our drinking water) to see how the morning looks across to the east.
More New Pictures
More pictures from the October show:
Show a Success
The October show at EVP was great. A lot of friends came to the opening. I’m very grateful to those who bought pictures. Here are a couple of the pictures that are still available. Write me if you’re interested.
3d Annual Show at EVP Coffee
This year will be the third annual show of painting at EVP Coffee East. Like last year, we’ll have an opening (“catered” by my lovely wife Lesley) on the night of MMOCA’s fall art walk. I’ll have more details later.
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