This was another one of those "I daren't put this on my blog" paintings, but after a while, I decided to post it. I bought some beautiful bunches of asparagus last weekend and thought how magnificent they were as objects and had a wonderful half hour photographing them in all their glory. The photographs were so inspiring and dramatic, I thought painting them would be a pleasure. Not so. I am so out of practice with all my work, especially still lifes, so it is not surprising I struggled. I struggled mainly with colour. The values were very stark and dramatic and my usual fight to find the absolute match with the greens made this work challenging. I also found it almost impossible to match the exact colour of the brown wrapping paper they were placed on and this colour struggle went through four incarnations before I managed to get reasonably close. I have three other photographs of this beauteous vegetable, and I am not giving up on them. I have learned a lot about this and I am going to try some new techniques and processes for the other three. I'm nothing if not persistent!
"Asparagus I"Oil on Canvas - 8" x 8"
5 comments:
I love it! Post everything and get feedback girl.... perhaps the cropping could be improved, that's my only criticism, and that's only, perhaps...
Hi Charlotte and thanks! Ya, the cropping. That is actually a bit of a ding in the wooden stretcher of the (cheap) canvas. It is slightly curved up at the end. The canvas has also been stretched at a slight angle. I'm starting to really detest canvas.
I am awed by this piece, knowing it is an oil. I truly thought I was looking at a watercolor! I think it is a lovely piece...
Thanks Sherry - it might have been easier in oil too!!
Sherry, I meant it might have been eaiser in WATERCOLOUR!!
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