"Patti's Sugar Bowl"
10 x 10 inches, oil on canvas
$250
Over the weekend, I was invited to a studio-remodel inauguration party at my friend Patti's house. What a great idea to break in your new/old studio - by painting with friends! It was definitely an infusion of artistic energy.
I was, of course, drafted to set up the still life. Can you spot my painting subject amid the jumble?
I love setting up a big, sprawling still life and letting everyone choose which part they are most attracted to. Just like I do when landscape painting, I settle on a composition by editing out extraneous details and zeroing in on what my unique artistic eye responds to.
If you'd like to paint a still life like this, you have three options. One: invite me over for a painting party at your studio (be sure to send me a plane ticket, too, where applicable). Two: join me for a session of Still Life Open Studio - the next one is Thursday December 8th. Or three: take my three-day still life workshop this January at Oregon Art Supply. Fun guaranteed, whichever way you choose. ;)
Here's how this one got started. I almost never work this way: laying in
the background first. I have no idea why I did it this time, and no
plans to do it again in the future. But it worked out fine.
