Apples and Honey

[Patrick Barrie]

12” x 9”, oils on Arches Oil paper, painted from life

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[KreativeK Moderator]

Patrick, wow, this one takes my breath away! I sort of like the crop better but it cuts off the peeler on the right side.

Kay

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[Patrick Barrie]

Kay, Thank you, very much appreciate your enthusiasm.

The second is an attachment that you should be able to click and open in a separate window.

[Gary Mc (Trikist)]

I always think your still life paintings are great. I like the drawing behind this and the way that you handled the differing degrees of reflectivity of various surfaces. (What a mouthful?)

You mentioned using Arches Oil Paper in Landscapes and the way that it absorbed your first layer of paint.  I have also used this paper.  My first layer is usually dry and “scrubbed-in”.  It was very difficult to get Arches paper to accept the paint.  It took real elbow grease to get the job done.

Larry Seiler had a thread about Arches Oil Paper and said that he would spray it with retouch varnish just before he painted to help the surface.  He did that plein air, not a good plan indoors.

I have sealed the surface with gesso or acrylic matte medium.  Both worked but with that effort I decide to try other possible supports.

Whatever your starting issues this is a great result.  Gary

"Painting is a verb"

[Patrick Barrie]

Gary, thanks.  With still lifes I usually lean towards realism, not that I want to, but that is where I’m at in this stage of my painting experience.  I’m becoming a little weary of having similar results and yearn to have a breakthrough in approach.  Looking at Rob Adams work is inspiring. He draws so well and his paintings reflect this and yet they also have a wonderful “painted” quality that captures the essence of the scene in bold brush work.  Thank you so much for that link.

Yes, elbow grease is what I’d call it….I will try gesso on the a couple sheets of paper, but I’m with you on the extra effort, might as well prep a panel.

 

[artefice71]

Patrick, this is stunning. I think you chose great composition and great color palette. In particular I like the way you rendered the reflections on the table. It makes the apples and honey jars stand out. i’m wondering how was your palette set up when painting.

After painting (for fun) for years with OPs and watercolors, I just bought my first oils set. I’m curious about how I will connect to them! I’ll give it a try with some still life. I’m not sure about oil paper though. I managed to buy some canvas boards. I’ll start with those.

C&C are welcome
Paolo

[Patrick Barrie]

Paola, thank you for looking and commenting.  The palette colors are Ultramarine deep, Cad yellow Lemon & Cad yellow medium, Cad orange, Pyrrole red(PR 254), Burnt umber, Burnt Sienna, and violet (PV16 or PV23), and white.  You can make very dark values mixing Ultramarine Deep and Burnt umber or Burnt Sienna.  For a cooler dark use dark Raw umber.  Also Ultramarine Deep mixed with Pyrrole red (PR 254 or PR255) will make a very dark value.

Most Titanium white has both zinc and Titanium. You can find some MFGs that use only Titanium.  Many beginner oil painters use too much white.

[Dcam]

Beautiful solid shapes, nice color and a great composition.

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[Patrick Barrie]

Hey Derek, thanks and thanks for joining in the still life forum again. It can get real slow over here.

[rose]

i like the colors a lot …

thank you WC artist community for all you feedback!!

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