Cherry No 2 in acrylics

This one was fun to paint. Everything just seemed to work.

Cherry No 2 measures 4 x 4 inches and is painted on Colourfix Smooth Paper.

Stawberry in acrylics

I felt like a bit of a change so decided to paint a still life which I haven't done for ages.

I enjoyed painting this one so I am planning on painting few more little still life in the coming weeks.

Strawberry measures 4 x 4 inches and is painted on Colourfix Smooth Paper.

Cherry in acrylics

I felt like painting something different and I haven't painted a still life for ages so decided to paint this cherry.  Love how it turned out.

Cherry measures 5 x 5 inches and is painted on Colourfix Smooth paper.

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.

Bunch of grapes in oil

So for my next fruit painting I decided to paint a  bunch of red grapes.  It is actually quite fun painting grapes -  I find it easier just to paint one grape at a time.

Bunch of Grapes measures 5 x 5 inches and is painted on Ampersand Gessobord.

Strawberries in oil

Here is my next fruit painting.  I am very happy how this one turned out.  I always find it a bit tricky when painting a red object as you can't just add white to lighten it - makes it too pink.  I tend to use a combination of yellow and white to lighten red objects and it works really well.  As I type this I can hear thunder so the weather forecast was correct - it is a bit strange to be having a storm in autumn but the weather has been a bit weird all year so why not a storm in autumn. I must go and check the windows as I can hear the rain coming.

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

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Many thanks to Tracee Murphy for the strawberry reference photo.