"Yellow Pepper"

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"Yellow Pepper"

6 x 6 in 

Oil on Canvas Panel

This is a small little pepper I found at the store yesterday and wanted to paint it.  I really like the transition of green to yellow, its tough trying to capture that change since it happens so fast.  Peppers can be challenging because of their smooth texture, a great challenge to painting.  It's always fun to challenge yourself even though you think you can paint it easily it can throw you in a whirl wind.

I started with the usual dry brush approach using no mediums and a bit of raw umber on the brush.  Once the drawing is complete I stated the background first using cobalt blue, naples yellow and titanium white.

Then I stated the general colors for the pepper and stem, the colors I used were cad.yellow light, viridian, and raw umber.  Then I state the darker values with their specific forms.

I do the same with the lighter values and take the pepper to a finish, I also state the darker values to the stem.

Then I stated the wooden board with its general colors.  I also took the stem to a finish by adding the lighter values with their specific forms.  I then added the darker values with their specific forms.  The colors I used for the wooden board were raw umber, ivory black, ultramarine blue, and cadmium orange.

Then I added the lighter values with their specific forms to the base and took the painting to a finish.  I hope you guys enjoyed this little quick painting, thanks for stopping by and viewing.

"Cut Pepper"

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"Cut Pepper"

6 x 6 in

Oil on Canvas Panel

Hi everyone I have been extremely busy and finally back to painting, this quick little painting I thoroughly enjoyed.  Its always a little hesitating getting back to painting these guys so quickly, I feel once you paint these guys so much you start to get into a groove.  But once you stop for a little bit then its hard to get that groove back.  Awww the joys of painting!  

With this painting I wanted to do something different in the nature of this beautiful pepper.  The colors between the wooden board and vibrant pepper made for a good combination of a painting.   

I started with the same approach as I usually do, a bit of raw umber on the brush and no mediums for the drawing stage.  When the drawing is complete I start on the pepper, with this painting I am still concentrating on big form modeling but I want to emphasize on just laying all the major colors first.  Once I've laid all the main colors I start to turn the form and see how the light wraps around the form.  

Then I add details and take the pepper to a finish.  Once the pepper is complete I move onto the wooden base and do the same.  I start first this time with just adding the overall colors and fall of light.

Once the fall of light is working I then add details to the wooden base and take it to a finish.  Then I add the background and take the whole painting to a finish.  This painting was fun and a quick one in comparison to my other compositional paintings, but still a fun one to paint.  Thanks for stopping by and viewing, hope you enjoyed!