Wonder What's For Dinner Tonight…

[painterbear]

I've been working on this painting in my art class for the last couple of weeks and I finally finished it.

I loved the reflections in the metal and the cast shadows on the table top.

Reference: Photo from the RIL by Caulfield.
Paper: 230 lb Hahnemuhle Andalucia rough finish
Size: 11" x 14.5"
Paints: all artist grade: mixtures on my palette and on the paper for the table

Comments and Critiques invited as always.

Sylvia

[hoylander]

I love the colours reflected in the colander, Sylvia, and the light on the tomatoes!!! Lovely work on the BG and table top!!

[Antiqueteacher]

Sylvia, this is very good work and a lot of areas to capture!! Love the reflections and the light on the tomato. Wonderful textures!!

Katherine

[CharM]

This is SO pretty, Sylvia... Your tomatoes look positively yummy! And your metal colander is very shiny... We planted our tomato crop on the weekend and now I can't wait for the fruit to ripen!

[Yorky]

Nice one Sylvia, complicated reflections.

Doug

[ArtsyMom]

Sylvia, this was a hard one to do especially those reflections and you did it wonderfully. Lil

[painterbear]

Joan, I really liked all those elements in this composition, too. Glad you think I did a good job with them.

Katherine, I love a good challenge when I paint and this reference presented a lot of them. Thanks for the kind comment.

Char, I thought you'd recognize this reference. I put my tomatoes in too and am looking forward to tasting the first vine-ripened one (if the squirrels don't get it first).

Thanks Doug and Lil, I enjoyed painting those reflections a lot. Just enough to suggest what they were, not too much detail (not easy for me ).

Sylvia

[coastside_artist]

This is really beautiful. I love the colours reflected in the colander.

[nui]

This is so well painted, especially reflections!!!
I like it, Sylvia

[Afriqueen]

Syl, your tomatoes look good enough to bite into! I can almost taste that acid, fresh tomatoey flavour. Well painted!

[peteralv]

Beautiful still life, Sylvia!!!......Besides the reflections on the metal, I´d like point out the magnificent tomatoes .....

[Rod Stewart]

The veggies and colander are brilliantly handled- strong, confident color,shape and shading. A joy to view. Thanks for sharing your fine art!

[marriam]

beautiful work Sylvia, love the colors on tomatoes.

[bumbleart]

Great light and dark areas, lovely reflections and beautiful work on the veg. Simply beautiful.

[kirants]

Nice one, Sylvia. A tricky reference to work with and you did well. I love the shadows cast by the holed area of the bowl on the tomato