Category: Still Life 2

Worked on Still Life 2. Unfortunately, I will have to paint the background again but I’ve gotten ok at it the last couple of months.

Worked on Still Life 2. Except for tweaking and details, I could call this done. However, the red apples in the original photo I took of this setup are a much more brilliant red. As this dries over the next week I’ll look at the painting and decide if I want to repaint the red apples. After a painting dries for maybe a month it should be “oiled out”. There are many ways to do it but what it does is make the entire surface of the painting look the same. Areas of the painting sink which makes it look dry. The background will be helped by being “oiled out”. After many months of drying a painting should be varnished.

Worked on Still Life 2 for about four hours. The red apples still need a little work along with some details and corrections in other areas.

Worked on the bottle and table of Still Life 2. The next session I’ll rework the apples, plate, and cup. After that, it will just be some finishing touches.

After today I will only post if I have made significant progress on a painting.

Put down another glaze over the entire background, including the bottle, of Still Life 2.

Glazed the background of Still Life 2 with Transparent Brown Oxide and French Ultramarine Blue. I’ll probably glaze it one more time before finishing the table and objects of the painting.