I am taking another oil painting class from Timothy Widener
this year, an excellent artist and instructor.
But today I just was not in a classical painting mood.
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| Oil, 12 x 16 inches |
I got to class and as usual he had some beautiful still-life
set ups ready to go.
I looked them all over picked one that interested me, set up
an easel and couldn’t get going.
So I
pulled out a sketch book I had in my bag, ( full of abstract designs) and
one simple layout caught my attention.
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| When I fill up a sketch book I always paint the cover :) |
Looking at the still-life and the sketch I got my brushes
moving, and started having some fun.
But
the best part was when Timothy came over to see what I was doing, actually had
him at a loss of words for a few seconds. But then I got a smile and chuckle
from him.
What I had decided to do was combine the colors from the
still-life, the layout of my sketch, and try and represent different surfaces,
like the glass, something fuzzy like a peach, and metal. It was a fun experiment for the day.
By the way Timothy has an excellent book available; "Painting Light and the Impressionist Method"
Mary
(I also have a book on Blurb, of Still-life paintings)
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