Saturday, November 18, 2023

Apple chiaro scuro

 16x20 cm oil on card

Worked alla prima over a ground toned with burnt umber and from a photo. So finally got something posted. 

Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Back to it



 Finding time for painting again, getting started is something else.

some time ago I just threw some black paint over a cheap canvas with an extra coat, and then wiped out for lights just imagining a setup, so I had done something. while I was trying out to use a toned ground, I thought I go with a burnt umber and white. So I looked at the black underpainting and thought why not go over with burnt umber and white, a simple monochrome, and there I was back in action, No worry about color just light dark. (mostly used a painting knife)



I first did a dark underpainting and just shaped in the lemon with a redish ochre. This dries very fast. 
I also revisited some old works trying to improve them or doing (in lack of setup) a repainting. See if I get to post some of them here



An old work on masonite, where did a good deal more about the plum. First there was just kind of a wash in, then some opakes here and there. Sort of repeated that in a more opake way


Monday, May 17, 2021

Grape fruit with almonds


 15x15 cm (6x6 inch) oil on cardboard

(right click, open a new folder/window) for a larger view)

Thursday, April 22, 2021

Big Orange

 


16x19 cm, oil on card
not the best photo, too yellow in the lights, must do for now

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Friday, January 29, 2021

Orange Peel


 
17x23 cm oil
Done from life, 
Begining to find better setup and light setting,   

Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Saturday, January 9, 2021

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Sunday, October 25, 2020

Apple Study 2


 oil on cardbox

Painted these two along side each other on the same board

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Friday, October 16, 2020

Saturday, October 10, 2020

Cox Orange Apple

17x17 cm, oil on cardbox

Thursday, October 8, 2020

Paint test one more

 


This was done over massed shapes dried before moving on, the yellow plum with ochre light and the plum with burnt umbre, just improvised

Thursday, August 20, 2020

Mango study

 



15x18 cm oil on cardbox
(right click and open a new folder for a better view)

Saturday, August 15, 2020

LEMON AND PLUM


 

Oil on masonite 18x20 cm

Saturday, July 11, 2020

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Monday, March 9, 2020

Thursday, February 6, 2020

Quince one more

above, some rework


16x16 cm oil on canvas

Thursday, January 30, 2020

Orange and Pomegranate


oil on canvas
Posted this recently, went over it again for a more precise rendering,  mostly the background and the orange. right click image and open new window for a larger view

Friday, January 24, 2020

Big Red Apple


Oil on canvas 16x19 cm


Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Sunday, November 17, 2019

Apple and lemons



22x20 cm oil on gesso board
Finally a day with a bit of clearing up, so I could get a better photo, whole november has just been dark and rainy.



Tuesday, November 5, 2019

Grapes Study


12x18 cm, oil on gessoboard


Monday, October 21, 2019

Yellow plum

11x14 oil on card
The photo should have a slight more red, else I am happy with the work
kept the layer very thin this time

Saturday, October 19, 2019

Yellow Plums


11x17 cm oil on linen

Thursday, September 19, 2019

Red Apples

Above reworked later in May 

15x17 oil on  linen

Sunday, September 8, 2019

Passion Fruit Texture study 2


oil on linen
A late night post,
the first little study was from a photo this one is from life.

Friday, September 6, 2019

Passion Fruit Texture Study

Took it to a kind of finish, the best I could do for now,



12x14 cm oil on linen
After some time the fruit begins to dry and forms a textured surface,
a first simple study to get some idea about it.

Lemon Study


14x16 cm oil on linen

Friday, August 30, 2019

Lemon with a plum

Above, more work, I am happy with it and take it as a learning piece, there was a problem with adhesion of the plum, so it has almost been repainted.



17x20 cm oil on card
Practice to test a new prep and paint adjusting,  the yellow still is a bit too slowdrying. when the lemon has dried I maybe make a bit more refinement.

01.09 Late evening got away with some more work and refinement, it will dry fast, post it soon. looks like some days more.

Lemon against foil


15x15 cm oil on linen
Not the best photo, just did this one to do something, a simple approach with first a light ochre then work over that. I used a cad yellow a supposed to be a top brand and I have been quite dissapointed, I suspect it has a too high content of extenders, I used purely hoped the light ochre would speed up the drying, maybe it did, waited over a week. More works to come with the lemon and lemon with a plum, that dries faster.

Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Nectarine Donut Study


14x18 cm oil on linen
alla prima work done from life with artificial light

Friday, August 9, 2019

Thursday, August 1, 2019

Night Lemons


14x20 cm oil on card

Friday, July 26, 2019

Tiger Pepper


16x16 cm oil on card

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Monday, July 22, 2019

Tiger Pepper Study


12x13 cm oil on card
Never seen it before, seems like it stays this way where normal peppers will change color, Think I had a fairly good go at it.
(right click image to view in a new window)

Thursday, July 18, 2019

Paintbrush


12x19 cm oil on linen

Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Lemon with cherries


15x20 cm oil on card (right click image, new window, for a larger view)