"The Green Pushpin"
8 x 10 inches, oil on canvas
$200
If you've ever tried to paint tulips, you know that they are big movers. It's almost eerie - like they're alive or something! Especially if you've got a light on them, they open, swivel on their stems, make faces, do improv comedy sketches, etc...
It's actually pretty fun to try to capture them. I like models who shift around slightly during a pose for similar reasons. I know artists who are driven insane by models who don't "hold still," but I truly feel their small movements help me capture a more naturalistic vision of them.
Speaking of figure painting, I will be back at it tonight, and couldn't be happier!
Here's my mess of a palette for this one - as you can see it's not limited in any way. I recently came by some new (to me) paint, and I'm trying out some of the colors.
And here's the preparatory sketch:
"Sketch for 'The Green Pushpin'"
approx. 8 x 5 inches. oil on Arches oil paper.
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Sarah, this painting is one of my favorites. Your composition is magical and the colors are so harmonious.
ReplyDeleteThe paint tubes look like Grumbacher, which I've been using for a long time with a few supplements of Gamblin colors.
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ReplyDeletePut a penny in the vase to keep the flowers still and not open up! Lovely work
ReplyDeleteThanks, Fay - I also love Grumbacher. It's the brand I used growing up, but I don't see it in the art stores around here lately. These tubes are so old, there's a Burnt Sienna with a price tag of 80 cents!!!!! They are all still soft and squeezable, though, or I wouldn't have bought them (29 tubes for $40.....) And Margaret - thanks for your comment! I'll definitely have to try that next time.
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