Showing posts with label garden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label garden. Show all posts

Saturday, August 16, 2008

"Hot and Sweet"

 
 
 
6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel
 
I was just getting started on cherry paintings when I was given a purple pepper from a local garden. I'm not sure if it's a hot variety, but it certainly was purple, and made for a fun combination.

"From The Garden"

 
 
 
6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel
 
The title is not rhetorical - the tomatoes, pepper, and greenery were all grown fresh and local. Important note: If you paint fresh greenery from a garden, be sure to paint fast, else the greens will un-freshen over the course of a work day, and your composition will change as you paint. Ask me how I know!