Paint Tube Still Life Painting for Sale on Etsy

For Sale HERE!!!

Update of a Work in Progress.

I painted this first one when I felt guilty and rather discordant inside. There is a distinct style that was emerging from it.

And this is the painting as of tonight. More rendered and dimensional. I want to put back some of the colors into it.

Paintings for Sale on Etsy-- Great Christmas Gifts!

A chromatically shaded still life painting of apples! I used purples and blues for the shadows instead of browns or complements, which works well with yellow and orange apples.


You can find it for sale on my Etsy  store here:

Buy me here!

Painting In Progress: a Still Life of Bottles in Acrylics

So, here's a fun piece I'm working on. I've laid the bottles out in blues, and don't know if they will stay that way. I will probably use a retarder medium later for blending help.

I don't know how photo-realistic I will make it, because it looks kinda cool the way it is.

Timed Still Life Gesture Drawing Video Made for Beginning Artists

 This weekend I made a resource for beginning artists. It's a gesture drawing video for still life compositions.

The video feature simple shapes and 10 second, 30 second, 1 minute and a 5 minute intervals with an emphasis on a single strong light source.

You can find the video on youtube at
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IbS4auP0sw 

I have also made the images copyright free, except for selling to redistribute, so you can use them to paint with or reference for in a portfolio. Images for download are found:

http://dabblebag.weebly.com/videos.html 


Enjoy! I had fun making this, and hope to make more like it with growing complexity of composition. 

 

Ideas from Vegtables and Fruits for the Next Still Life Painting

I have a need to paint. Today did not get much painting done, so in the end of the afternoon I went out and bought some fruit and vegetables. Those are fun to paint!

I am going to work from the photos I take so my light stays consistent, and with how much I work, I doubt I can complete it all before the stuff goes bad. 

Do you know how hard it is to artistically peel an orange?

Most of these things are backlit by an overcast Michigan Spring day.

 Love the translucency of grapes and oranges! Which is why I chose back-lighting.

 I love the macro on my camera. Go ahead, you know you want to Pinterest it!

I may put these on a long aspect ratio canvas.

This one I would love to do on a medium to larger canvas. I'm not sure if I will go for oils or acrylics if I go larger.