Finished Still Life 7 and changed my signature. The signature was too far down. The frame would have partially covered the signature.
Made corrections to Still Life 8. Both 7 and 8 are really finished except I’ll probably put a few spots of white paint on the glass base.
Friday I’ll be heading out on a three-week camping and photography trip so I won’t be painting until around September 24th.
Finished and signed Still Life 8.
Still Lifes 8 and 11 are damn close to being the same paintings but there are differences.
Worked on details of Still Life 8. This is finished except for a signature and a light line at the edge of the table. I had to make the side of the table bigger because the frame will cover a quarter of an inch all the way around. I’ll sign the table at the bottom right, at the top of the side of the table. The side of the table is wet so I need to wait until Monday to sign it and add a little light-colored line at the edge of the side of the table.
Worked on all of Still Life 8. I know it doesn’t look like it but I painted the entire background, most of the bottle, some of the glass, quite a bit of the apple, and some of the table. The next time I’ll paint some details and sign it.
Worked on Still Life 8. This is almost finished. Just details remain. As in all of them, the glass stem and base need some work.
A few weeks after I finish a still life I will “oil it out” which is putting a little linseed oil on a lint-free material such as flannel and rubbing oil onto the painting. After not too long some areas of an oil painting “sink”. Depending on the color the oil from the paint can sink down into the canvas. It also depends on the primer used on the canvas. Most canvas is primed with acrylic which the paint can sink into. Oil primer is the best but few people do this at home. Oil-primed Belgium Linen is the best but costs a fortune.
Worked on Still Life 8. This is finished except for some corrections and details.
Worked on all of Still Life 8. This one is getting close.
Worked on Still Life 8.
Worked on Still Life 8 during my second painting session today.
Today I need to create two posts because I started two new paintings. This is Still Life 8. This is my new and inexpensive canvas and it looks great and feels great when applying paint.
