Apricots

 

10x15 cm oil on paper

 

Apple on grey

 

 13x16 cm oil on card

Plums

15x15 oil on card

Nice apple repost from 2019

15x16 cm oil, linen

Reworked the whole background with no change to the apple,

I am going through some of the previous posts doing reworks and revisited.

Red apples from sept 2019 has been reworked and posted

some more practice

 

I am having fun with painting on a food packaging, this one with no preparation,  

 a lemon slice

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Found this one, could be from 2020 where I used cardbox, it is possible to remove the laminate so it can be remounted on something better, all of them, many of them with apples, are all fine.
it was not all finished, mostly the background

Lemon study practice

 some small works, the first one done alla prima direct observation on a white ground.

next one is a done from another work, procedure is a couple of steps
1 toned ground, ochre + white 2 darks and the lemon shape white 3 lemon shape underpainted with red ochre washes 4 darks darker, some grey work and the lemon overpainting. 

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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. 

July 2024

Decided to go for a rework, one problem was the apple was done too big 

oil 15x18 cm

the  revisited 13x16 cm oil 

Back to it

above a new photo

 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. 

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

Grape fruit with almonds

 15x15 cm (6x6 inch) oil on cardboard

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

Big Orange

 

16x19 cm, oil on cardbox

Lemon slice

16x19 cm oil

Orange Peel

16x22 cm oil on cardbox
Done from life,

Dark Red Apple

16x18 cm oil on cardbox mounted on card

The one below I think is from 2018, and reworked from something darker.

16x20 cm oil on board

Oranges

 oil 14x17 cm, on cardbox 

Apple in front

Above: A little rework  aug 2024 of the light part, not sure about the cropping

 

Apple Study 2

Above, aug 2024, A bit of rework and a better photo

 oil on cardbox

Apple Study

Above: Aug 2024 a little change of shape and a better photo

 

oil on cardbox

Yellow Apple Impasto

17x18 cm, Oil on cardbox

Sliced Apple

 oil on card

Apple experiments

 oil on cardbox 

LEMON AND PLUM

 

Oil on masonite 18x20 cm

Lemon and Glass test and experimenting

18x18 cm oil on canvas

Passion Fruit Study

oil on canvas

Apple and a dark bowl

Above reworked july 2024
As I do not have the refr photo anymore, it was a bit of guesswork with the bowl

13x18 cm oil on canvas

Quince one more

16x16 cm oil on canvas
not the best photo, has been under rework, the background and the drawing, will soon be finished

Orange and Pomegranate 1 and 2

Above: this is another version on card 15x20 cm

Above: It was lot of work, removed the whole background, (alcohol and a sharp knife)
happy with the result.
 

oil on canvas mounted on card 13x17 cm

aug06 2024, reworking the background and also the clementine

aug11 and I have another version made on card, this is finished now

Big Red Apple

Above: aug 2024 a rework 

Oil on canvas 16x19 cm
aug16 2024 has been reworked, close to a new work, a week maybe

Yellow Plums

11x17 cm oil on linen

Red Apples

above, last rework july 2024

Above reworked later in May 

15x17 oil on  linen

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.

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.