"Blue Eggplants"

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"Blue Eggplants"

8 x 10 in 

Oil on Canvas Panel

It's good to be back painting after being out of town again, I went to go visit my girlfriends family in Utah.  It was so beautiful to go up to the mountains and relax, I wish I brought my paints although I know I wouldn't have time to paint.  I just returned and wanted to paint these baby eggplants with a blue cloth, I really like the combination of these two.  In comparison to painting the red cloth I do have to say the blue one is more challenging, I do like the challenge and hope to continue to incorporate this beautiful cloth in future paintings.  It's always rough to paint after not painting for a while but you have to get over that hump and get the wheels grinding.  I hope you guys enjoyed this one, thanks for stopping by and viewing!  

"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.