Friday, July 8, 2016

Rocks in oil

Rocks
4"x4"
oil on board

Still getting my feet wet again in oils...round organic objects seem to work for me. Yesterday was an egg, today is rocks.  I had company for about 10 days and did a fair amount of traveling so I have not painted lately. It feels good. My new home has this great big center island and it is perfect to set of my table easel and paint. I can stand or sit on a stool and move around.

Thursday, July 7, 2016

back to basics

egg in a cup
4"x4"
oil on board

It's been a long time since I painted in oils so I felt the need to get back to basics. Painting an egg is about as basic as one can get. I put it in a ceramic egg cup. It felt so good to mix oils and spread paint. I forgot to add a shadow. My reference was sitting on my granite counter and I didn't see much of a shadow and then forgot about it. Ah well....