Painting #20

         Tried hard to relate the transluscent quality of the grapes.  Don't know if I accomplished it, but it was fun trying.

Also, in the fruit department, it's almost time for summer lemonade... yummy

Day One Hundred-Twenty

                                                               'True to Scale'

6 x 6 oil on panel

40.00 + 6.00 s + h

     While trying to come up with yet another still life arrangement, I thought I'd maybe do my Meyers lemons again, since they are still so beautiful, and I haven't eaten them yet !   I looked around the room (the baby girl's room, that is) and spied the girls' tea set that I found not long ago at a garage sale.  They play with it occassionally.   Well, I figured, "why haven't I thought of this before?"... The scale looks so small, but yet, that's the correct size... much smaller than my big ole lemons.   I think I'll have to be on the lookout for more of these to work with !   Each day, it seems, I discover something new that I didn't know the day before. ha !

Day One Hundred-Seventeen

                        'Fresh Meyer Lemons and Kumquats'

8 x 8 oil on panel

60.00 + 6.00 s + h

     After a busy, busy day, I finally settled down in the basement studio late last evening to start a painting.  The pressure on, I started sneezing, and clearing my throat, an allergy attack, it seemed.  Could be that my basement is 100 years old... do you think???  Anyhooo, had to take everything up and find a place upstairs to do this...   Lamp, turp, wet palette, easel, painting, lemons, rags, etc, etc... you know !!! Well, I was so tired and it was so late by now, I just thought ,  "I'll just get a beginning, to work on early in the morning, and try to finish to get posted"   I quickly sketched in the areas with my brush, and I wasn't even sure of my colors, cause the light in the upstairs room was very bad.   Well, much to my surprise, I liked it this morning !  Just a touch here and there, and a bit of highlight...  now that's "Fresh" Lemons !  ha ha !

Day One Hundred-Three

                                                   'Sour Company'

6 x 6 oil on panel

40.00 + 6.00 s + h

     Thought I'd experiment with the smaller canvas this time.  I kinda like the simplicity of this one.  The idea, shapes,and colors are limited.  It was challenging to find enough contrast, so I made sure the shadows in the bowl were plenty dark...