 To finish off my week of still life paintings, I set up this simple arrangement of a star shaped box and some pearl necklaces. The box was a challenge to render the angles correctly and the pearls were tough to make round and to actually make them look like pearls.
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 For my next still life I took this ceramic luminary, lit the candle and tried to render the lovely glow. I wanted the setting to be dark, but I need enough light to paint by and this is today's challenge.
7 x 5 inches  Here is my next still life. I used a shell a friend gave me years ago and got out a beach towel to complete this set up. Drawing and painting from life is much different than using photographs, but I think I'm doing okay with this.
5 x 7 inches  I finally set up a still life area where I could paint some objects from life. I don't know if this is a genre I'm enthusiastic about, but it's a great opportunity to improve my drawing skills and explore new subjects. This is a piece of my favorite crackle glass.
7 x 5 inches  This is a good challenge for me… to paint an object. Someone sent me this picture of this piece that is actually part of the landscaping around a gas station. You never know where you might find a little bit of beauty. 7 x 5 inches.
 Here is an empty cereal bowl with spoon. Since I'm looking down at it at an angle the perspective was hard for me. I wanted to paint the shape I knew the bowl to be instead of what I really saw. I need to work on my drawing skills, but for a quick study, I'm okay with this.
5 x 7 inches  Here are two tomatoes fresh from the grocery store. Ripe and ready to eat I wanted to use loose brush strokes and keep it lively not over detailed.
5 x 7 inches  Stopped by my mom's and she had three pears ripening on the counter. Being a daily painter always on the look out for painting subjects, I took several pictures. Here is my rendition.
5 x 7 inches  Had this bunch of green bananas ripening on the counter and it appealed to me for today's painting. I love bananas, but they have to be had the perfect ripeness. Yellow with a touch of green. These bananas are not there yet.
5 x 7 inches  Today I decided to try this lovely paint of radishes. I wanted my dish to looked curved and the radishes to have some dimension. It's hard to show depth in a 2D medium, but I have to conquer this skill if I want to paint realistically.
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AuthorI'm an fine art artist in Raleigh, North Carolina. I need a paintbrush in my hand to feel complete and I invite you to follow me on my art journey. Everyday brings new ideas and projects... there simply is not enough time... On December 1, 2012, I joined the community of artists who paint a painting each and every day. I haven't been able to keep up with the daily painting, but I'm trying hard to keep my paintbrushes busy. Archives
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