" Green Pears in Dough Bowl "Oil
9"x12"
Private Collection
Filling in for today's post is this little oil I painted a few years ago. The linen napkin gave me fits and now as I look back over this past year I realize how much the daily paintings have helped me with drapery. I am working on a commission this week that is taking some time, so no daily's til it's finished. Check out Neil Hollingsworth's latest commissioned work...talk about patience! These are much larger paintings then I have seen him do and I can imagine the amazing amount of work entailed. Notice his palette off to the right with all his premixed colors. Now that is palette discipline! I teach using a premixed palette when working from a photo. For plein air I will mix 4-5 values to get going. For large work I plan the entire painting's colors and premix them. All decisions are made and it makes painting more relaxing and I'm not tempted to just throw a bit of this or that color because I haven't used it yet. Whistler premixed and I love his work. So many ways to work, we each find what works for us. I usually premix most colors for my little daily paintings, too.
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2 comments:
this is a beautiful painting jennifer. i like seeing your older work, while your style is distinct, your colors have really changed in your newer work, they are much brighter and seem to me to be in a higher key in some paintings. regardless i like your older and newer work equally.
Tnanks, Christine. You are right and the reason is that my "daily" still life work is painted directly from the set-up. Larger and older paintings are painted from life and photos or photos alone. I want to start some set-ups that have a lower key which means using a dark box for the set-up. Stay tuned.
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