Blue stripe and vinegar
This painting has been sold
Oil on hardboard 8" x 8"
This painting started off with the two pots and a fig. I didn't like the fig. the shape didn't go. So I substituted a cherry for the fig. I still didn't like it and in the end got a baby onion out of the kitchen. At least that went with the vinegar bottle. It still looked like it was missing something though, then I remembered the blue striped tea towel from Ikea and the whole thing started to look a bit more wholesome. It took ages and I ended up doing what some people call "noodling" LOL ! I am learning though that almost any painting can be salvaged. There must have been a grain of inspiration somewhere for you to even begin and it's trying to locate that grain and build pictorially around it I suppose. I also know now that just because it is oils doesn't mean you can't wipe off sections and repaint. I thought I could only immediately repaint with acrylics. The other thing is about "realism". I wanted the objects to be "realistic" but not "photo realistic". I wanted the cloth to "feel" soft and the pot to "feel" hard and shiny and the onion to "feel" potentially scaly. Well I could noodle around with that onion till the cows come home but I think I'll leave it alone now.
Oil on hardboard 8" x 8"
This painting started off with the two pots and a fig. I didn't like the fig. the shape didn't go. So I substituted a cherry for the fig. I still didn't like it and in the end got a baby onion out of the kitchen. At least that went with the vinegar bottle. It still looked like it was missing something though, then I remembered the blue striped tea towel from Ikea and the whole thing started to look a bit more wholesome. It took ages and I ended up doing what some people call "noodling" LOL ! I am learning though that almost any painting can be salvaged. There must have been a grain of inspiration somewhere for you to even begin and it's trying to locate that grain and build pictorially around it I suppose. I also know now that just because it is oils doesn't mean you can't wipe off sections and repaint. I thought I could only immediately repaint with acrylics. The other thing is about "realism". I wanted the objects to be "realistic" but not "photo realistic". I wanted the cloth to "feel" soft and the pot to "feel" hard and shiny and the onion to "feel" potentially scaly. Well I could noodle around with that onion till the cows come home but I think I'll leave it alone now.
posted by Sheila Vaughan at 11:13 AM
3 Comments:
very beautiful series of still lifes !
Sheila
You have been busy indeed, I must say Sheila I think you have something special when it comes to painting still life pieces,great texture, "real" art, they are just right, shadows & light and as I say the texture when you look close up is brilliant.
K
Thank you Regis and Keith - nice to get your responses.
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