7"X5" Acrylic on board
Not a great painting day. I decided that I had been doing too many paintings from photographs and that I needed to do a still life. However, I think this is one I should have saved for the oils. Also I should have given more thought to the composition, I was in too much of a hurry to just get something done. Never mind, it is all grist to the mill.
5"X7" Oil on board
Sorry about the bad photograph. I finished this late and had to use artificial light. The white balance can be adjusted but there is no way to get rid of the reflection.
I am not sure what kind of squash this is, some kind of Hubbard I think, but a gorgeous deep orange colour. They are very tasty.
7″X5″ Oil on board
There is something very autumnal about squash. These are called Ambercup
and are very delicious.
It seems that most of the best painting spots in the house are back-lit which always presents a challenge for me. My favourite spot is on the kitchen table but it isn’t always practical. When I can be bothered and have time I set up a light box with an artificial light source, but there isn’t really a good spot to put that either, so I just have to make do. These were on the old chest in front of my bedroom/studio window, so the direct light was pretty intense.
We are supposed to get the tail-end of Ike through here today and all the forecasts say 90% chance of torrential rain all day, but so far we have had 30C and bright sunshine. I should have been working on the house, but took the bad forecast as an excuse to take the day off.
SOLD
5″X7″ Oil on panel
The vegetable of the day is a “Turk’s Turban” squash. This was an especially handsome one, but I painted it in a bit of a rush as it had to go into the oven for supper.
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