Pink Lady & Saki Cup

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This is the last one for this week, and is the same process I did for the last painting.  The apple is a Washington apple called Pink Lady.

Orange & Saki Cup

 

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Today I coated a blank panel with GALKYD LITE medium, this stuff is really working for me.  I guess other mediums would would work just as will, but I never tried coating the panel first, I got this from a DAVID SHEVLINO video.  Check him out.

Brush & Saki Cup

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Today I pulled out a picture I had painted some months back, I liked the composition but not the brush work, so I put a thin coat of GALKYD LITE medium on it and started painting into that.  I like this!

Brush Washer & Pink Post-its

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Oil on shellac coated paper.

Canister & Pink Post-its

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Oil on shellac coated paper

Tea Pot & Pink Post-its

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Oil on shellac coated paper.

Chopped Onion

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My wife  told me I better do chopped onions, not diced onions, thank you Karen.  This is the last onion I'm painting for now I have to move on.

Onion Skin

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I decided to use a white onion for a study of the skin.  I painted this one yesterday but this morning the onion looked to white.  It's a value problem, not a color issue, so I repainted it today.

I like the spiral /s  composition but usually I don't analyze a composition to much, if it feels right in my thumb nail sketches, I go with it.  Here it is after the adjustments I made today.

Onion Slices

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Today I tried onion slices, main problem; I'm thinking it needs to be painted in a low key.  So I did and the whites got a little dirty, also the edges on the slices could be a little crisper.  I need to go back to Carol Marine's " Island" approach for this one.  Guess you'll usually use everything you learn at one time or another.

This is not a bad painting but I think I'll try it again at a later date.  Also I could use better ventilation for painting onion slices!!

Slice & Peal

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I have tried to put it all tougher in one painting just to get a feel for the sliced onion and the pealing of the onion.  I'll explore these things individually later.

Hello Onion

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This week I am painting onions.  It has been awhile since I have painted onions as the main
subject, usually I use them in a supporting role more like you would in cooking.  I am going
to slice them, dice them, and peal them, and of coarse paint them.

I especially fine the onion skin challenging,  it is some what translucent and sometimes
delicate.  My first one will just be getting acquainted with the onion again.

Chicken or Egg

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In December I went to a Carol Marine workshop, like everyone I was mesmerized by her teaching and painting.  Like most of her students I tried to paint like Carol,but it is hard to change old ways, and I don't think she meant to.  I learned a lot, and how to organize my work habits.

I have used a viewfinder for years, but never been comfortable with it.  It looks different every time I look through it.  What works "best for me" is to do a number of thumb nail line sketches, no detail, no shading, till I get a workable composition. 

When I start the painting, I don't draw the image, I lay in the large color and or value masses referring to my thumb nail sketch and using the largest brushes I can,about a 3/4 inch on 6x6 panel, and I use them as long as I can only using smaller brushes in the final steps of the painting.

I learned a lot from Carol's workshop and I still am her ArtByte Tutorials are GREAT.
But in the end how you use what you learn is up to you.

This is what I painted the one day I got to paint last week, using my old approach.