My Visual Diary - Original Paintings

December 5, 2014

Snuggling Lemons

(oil on gessoboard; 6"x 6")

My sister gave me the beautiful, thick glass bowl in this picture.  I had been wanting to paint it for a while, so one day I collected some Meyer lemons from my backyard tree and set up this still life.  It's painted with a thicker layer of paint than usual, which usually means I'm having trouble, and that is true here, but there are some elements that work.  Overall, the values are all too close to each other, so not enough contrast. 

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