Sensation Pear in Acrylics

Enjoyed painting this one - everything just seemed to work.  

Sensation pear measure 5 x 5 inches and is painted on Ampersand Gessobord.  

The painting is available for auction at Daily Paintworks.  To view the listing, please click here.

Granny Smith Apple in acrylics

For something a bit different, I decided to paint  a still life. 

Granny Smith Apple measures 5 x 5 inches and is painted on Colourfix Smooth paper.

Pink Lady in acrylics

This is my favourite apple variety to eat and as this one still had a leaf attached to it  I  decided do a painting of it before I eat it.

Pink Lady measures 5 x 5 inches and is painted on Ampersand Gessobord Panel. 

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Two Cherries in acrylics

For something different, I decided to painting a few cherries.  Rather pleased with how they turned out.

Two Cherries measures 5 x 5 inches and is painted on Ampersand Gessobord Panel.

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Strawberry in acrylics

I haven't painted a  still life for ages but I bought a punnet of strawberries for a Christmas Eve dessert and they inspired to want to paint one.  Rather enjoyed painting a still life again so will have to do a few more this year. 

It was my last 6 x 6 inch Ampersand Panel so I have order same more which will hopefully arrive next week.  Using a different company this time as the company I used before, half of the panels I ordered arrived damaged so fingers cross this batch will all arrive in one piece. 

Strawberry measures 6 x 6 inches and is painted on Ampersand Gessobord Panel.

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Cherry in watercolour

I felt like  painting something just for fun so decided to paint this cherry.  I used quite a few layers of yellow and red to paint the cherry.  Wasn't sure if I was going to leave the background white but decided it would look rather striking with a black background so go for it.

Cherry measures 5 x 7 inches and is painted on 300gsm rough Arches watercolour paper.

The painting is available for purchase from my Etsy shop. To view the listing, please click here.

Cantaloupe slice in oils

It is interesting how many names this fruit is known by.  In Australian we call it Rockmelon, in South Africa it is called spanspek and in other parts of the world  it is also known as sweet melon, mushmelon and Persian melon.  I decided to name the painting cantaloupe.

We are still having a rather wet and cold winter here which is very unusual for Brisbane.  Today we had sunshine which was nice after the rain we had over the weekend.  Fingers crossed we will continue to have sunny weather.

Cantaloupe Slice measures 7 x 5 inches and is painted on Ampersand Gessobord panel.

Many thanks to Lillian Bell for the reference photo.

Jug and Mandarin in oils

I visited the Salvo's store last week for a few still life props.  I felt a bit bad as they had a special on - you could fill a bag for $5. I ended up buying about 11 different items and this jug is one of the items. It was fun to paint.

It is a pretty miserable day here today.  Started off sunny but it has now turned cold and rainy. 

Jug and Mandarin measures 6 x 6 inches and is painted on Ampersand Gessobord.

Manadrin in oils

Mandarin's are back in season so I thought it would be a good subject to paint.  I was not sure if I should paint it peeled or whole but in the end I decided to leave it whole.  Might do another painting with one peeled.

Mandarin measures 5 x 5 inches and is painted on Ampersand Gessobord.

Lemon in oils

I love painting fruit as I love the play of light against dark.   I experimented a bit with the table top colour and in the process found  the perfect colour combination which I think works really well. I really enjoyed painting this one so I am planning on using the remaining  three 5 x 5 inch panels to paint some more fruit paintings.

Lemon measures 5 x 5 inches and is painted on Ampersand Gessobord.

Cherry ACEO in Acrylics

I enjoy painting this Cherry ACEO.   The only problem I had painting  it was that I had to use acrylic paints and it was very hot yesterday so the paints  were drying out rather quickly.  I eventually put the air conditioner on which help a bit. Fortunately it has cooled down again today.

Cherry ACEO is painted on 300gsm Arches Smooth Watercolour paper and measures 2.5 x 3.5 inches (6.4 x 8.9 cm).

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Gala Apple 2 in oils

Decided to do another painting of the gala apple as I love the fact that it still has it's leaf attached.  Was interesting painting a green leaf against a green background - amazing how many variations of greens that can be mixed. 

Gala Apple 2 measures 6 x 6 inches and is painting on Ampersand Gessobord.

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Watermelon Slice in Oils

I am really happy with this one. I decided to paint the watermelon at an angle and I love the 3d effective that I created.

Watermelon Slice measures 6 x 6 inches and is painted on Ampersand Gessbord.

Gala Apple 1 in oils

I was in the fruit shop the other day and as I was standing in the queue to pay I noticed a display of gala apples.  I don't normally buy gala apples (I prefer Pink Lady's) but this particular apple caught my eye as it still had a leaf attached to it. So of cause I had to buy it so that I could paint it.  

Gala Apple 1 measures 6 x 6 inches and is painted on Ampersand gessobord.

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Snack Time in oils

I am really happy how this one turned out.  It took me a while to find the right position for the pear slice but it worked out well in the end.

You want believe it but is has been pouring with rain here again.  Not a good start to autumn.  I got drenched this morning walking back to the car after shopping  - I did have an umbrella but it did  not help much with the wind blowing.  Hopefully the weather will settle down and we will get  good weather for autumn, 

Snack Time measures 6 x 6 inches and is painted on Ampersand Gessobord.

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Sensation Pear in oils

I enjoyed painting this one.  The pear was rather yummy too.   I have only seen these pears in Woolworths -  neither Coles or the fruit shop seem to have them.  They are so bright and colourful and that is what caught my eye when buying other vegetables in Woolworths.

Sensation Pear measures 6 x 6 inches and is painted on Ampersand Gessobord.

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Peach in oils

Enjoyed painting this one.  It is a yellow peach. Love the colours.  On the weekend I came across another  variety at the fruit shop - Golden Queen peaches.  They are really delicious - taste better than the yellow peach variety.  They are more "peach" in colour.  Will have to buy some more and do still life painting that includes them. 

Peach is 5 x 5 inches on Ampersand Gessobord.

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