This one turned out really sketchy. I just decided to go with it.$100 + shipping
Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
6 in x 6 in :: 15.2 cm x 15.2 cm
unframed
The values turned out darker on this one. I started out using only purple, orange and green (and white) on my palette, but I realized that wasn't going to work for finishing the painting, but it made an interesting start.
This painting is going to be in the show, 30 Days of Art, at the Columbia Center for the Arts from July 3 - 31. I will be posting these paintings online for the show, you can reserve a painting to buy during the show, if you want "first dibs" on it. Email me if you would like to reserve a painting to purchase during the show, and I will mark it as sold. crehfeld01@gmail.com
All of these objects for the daily paintings are just opportunities to explore composition, value and shadows. They could be any object. But I do like the peppers, the bright colors and forms. This bunch of peppers really caught my eye in the grocery, with the different colors.
I was very inspired by seeing Carol Marine's bowl and pepper paintings. I never thought of painting a bowl from above, so I HAD to try it. I don't know if it worked out for me, but it's interesting. I'm not sure if they look like "bowls from above".
How is this painting different from yesterday's painting? The lighting is natural. I painted it with natural light coming in the window, shining on the plums and creating the shadows naturally. The photo is ok, but I think the colors are more subtle than the photo can capture.This painting is available for purchase. If you have trouble purchasing a painting, or have questions please email me crehfeld01@gmail.com.
Still doing the plums, I have decided that the plums are an excellent way to work on reflected light.This painting is available for purchase. If you have trouble purchasing a painting, or have questions please email me crehfeld01@gmail.com.
This painting is going to be in the show, 30 Days of Art, at the Columbia Center for the Arts from July 3 - 31. I will be posting these paintings online for the show, you can reserve a painting to buy during the show, if you want "first dibs" on it. Email me if you would like to reserve a painting to purchase during the show, and I will mark it as sold. crehfeld01@gmail.com
Fewer brushstrokes, is the goal.
Someone left the comment that I had not written what I was thinking when I painted this one. I was thinking mostly about values - to make objects/forms come forward and go back into space. Atmosphere, the hills far away in the desert are a muted grayed down blueish, and as they come forward they get more color. It's way too cold here to paint outside, so I did this painting from a photo I took during the spring from the Mosier Tunnels Trail. I just felt like I really needed to paint a landscape for a change. And I had just gotten a new brush that is an inch wide, that I was trying out.