"Not For Burning" still life...details

I think this is finished....

While the oil can is cool...

I'm ready to move on!

 

 

 

Here's some of the details up close...

 

 

 

 

Why the name you may wonder? Well the old book I found was titled,

"The Lady is not for burning", but Not for burning is all you see..therefore..

the title. How could I argue with fate?

A Pumpkin for the Fall

 

Study of a Fall Pumpkin



Here's how it started...
 

The photo of the still life,

beside the initial drawing

which already has a thin

wash of color...

 

 

 

I really never meant to give this pumpkin this much of my time.
I decided to ignore the details of the surrounding material
and focus on the beauty of my subject.
Hum, now what will be it's fate!?

Happy Fall, Y'all!

Still Life #2 White Pitcher

White Pitcher


The Process:

So, since I decided to go a little larger for the new still life.

I've completed the drawing, transferred it to my canvas

and have completed an initial wash.

 

I'm still using the little wooden box that I found at an antique store

for my still life setups.  I wanted one that had wood with a warm glow.

I also bought the old book and little oil tin can, but the white pitcher

was an something I already had. The leaf was complements of the oak

outside my door.

 

Lots more work to do....
 

 

Day 3

moving forward.... continuing to build layers of paint
to create depth I focused on the pitcher...
really trying to keep in mind the light source,
the reflected shapes/colors,
and modeling the convex curve of the
pitchers shape as it turns away from the light.

I'm anxious to get that leaf going...
I hear fall calling me!

Day 5

details, details, details

working on the wood grain and more details...

 

final touches...

I worked on this painting about three weeks...
finished on September 28th...
My favorite part is the little red knot on the
top right corner of the wood box.
I'm ready to move on to the next project...
and ready for the fall...
my favorite time of the year!!!!