Sweet Taste of Summer

12" x 12"
Oil on Panel
$250.00
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Nothing is more refreshing than a slice of cold watermelon in the middle of summer; I love painting fruit, but watermelon is one of my favorites. I spent a lot of time arranging and rearranging this still life trying to create variety in the color, value, and texture. I love when a painting has mostly light, or middle value tones with one dark object like the brown, glass bottle in this one. I was glad to paint my favorite salt shaker too, but the question is - to salt, or not to salt?

Salt & Stacked Peppers

6"x 6"
Oil on panel

One of the DPW challenges in June was to do a painting of stacked items, and I chose to paint a stack of pillows (click here to see that post). I had so much fun thinking of different items to stack, I thought it might make an interesting series.

 

Salt & Peppers

8"x8"
Oil on Hardboard

I have been trying to take more time in the planning stages of the process, by rearranging the objects and adjusting the lighting until I am satisfied. Now I need to break out of my comfort zone and loosen up in my paint application. Maybe I should be doing some quick 10 minute studies to loosen up before diving in to paint for the day.