No.817 Nesting in the Pumpkin Patch - Plein Air

Nesting in the Pumpkin Patch - Plein Air

Oil on Canvas Panel

6" x 8"

How could anyone resist painting these adorable squash and pumpkins?

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A pic of my pochade box, painting and adorable subject.

Carol painting away and looking picturesque as usual. :)

No. 680 Squash, Books and a Little Persimmon

 

 

Squash, Books and a Little Persimmon

Oil on Gessobord

6" x 6"

 

I admired the shape of this wonderful, white squash for a long time before I figured out how to use it in a still life. Then, one day in class, we were stacking items on top of books. Eureka!

 

 

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Day 322 The Grand Plan

 

 

 

The Grand Plan

Oil on Canvas Board

5 x 7

 

I recently came up with a grand plan of arranging larger, more complicated still lifes. Then over a couple days I would do a few paintings of small sections and end with a large painting of the entire still life. That was over a week ago and this small painting is all I have to show for my grand plan.

 

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Day 313 Blogging by Candlelight

Blogging by Candlelight

Oil on Canvas Board

5 x 7

We just lost our electricity due to a wind storm. Luckily my iPad is well charged...
Here we have more of Renee's copper, my favorite squash, and leaves from our dogwood tree. A long time ago I had a request to show a bit of my process. So if you are interested, I've posted a few of the steps below...

Ooooo, a white canvas. Some people find white canvases a little daunting.

I started off by toning the canvas with a burnt sienna colored wash. Then the main shapes were loosely drawn in.

At this point I've blocked in the largest color shapes. Now comes the hard part...

Here you can see I've refined the colors and shapes and added some details. The finished painting is of course back at the top.
Well what do you think? Was this interesting at all? Would you like to see more inbetween steps like this?

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Day 307 Still Playing with Squash

 

Still Playing with Squash

5 x 7

Oil on Canvas Board

The title says it all.

 

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Day 306 Way Overdue

 

Way Overdue

6 x 6

Oil on Canvas Board

 

The large brass pitcher in this painting was borrowed from a dear friend about, oh I'd say, a year ago. Yes, so far as I know she is still a friend. Thank you Renee, for your infinite patience. I knew it would be an awesome prop again this fall. :)

 

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Day 289 A Squash

 

A Squash

Oil on Canvas Board

6 x 6

I will freely admit that I modeled this set up after one of my favorite daily painters, Julian Merrow-Smith. His blog, Postcard from Provence, is a must see. This Englishman living in Provence is on his 2031st daily painting! How amazing is that?

 

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