This 9×12 painting of a vase of sunflowers is from one of the PaintCoach Patreon lessons. I’m on a sunflower roll…
For the stems, I used my Liquitex BASICS Green Gray, my new Green Earth, and Phthalo Green (Yellow Shade) with Liquitex Cad-Free Yellow.
For the petals, I used Cad-Free Yellow, Yellow Ochre, and Cad-Free Orange desaturated with Ultramarine Blue.
The vase was done with Ultramarine Blue, Cerulean Blue and Titanium White.
Wow! I’ve actually made 100 paintings. This one was my first from life rather than a photo. And, man, these sunflowers are in bad shape! I bought them specifically to paint them, but I’ve been drawing rather than painting for the last week or so. (I did take some photos of them right when I bought them, though, so I can try again.)
I decide to use my new Green Earth paint for the stems and leaves (mixed with my go-to Chromium Oxide Green. I used Diarylide Yellow for the petals, and a mix of Burnt Umber Light w/ Carbon Black for the faces of the flowers.
The other day I bought some new acrylic paints from brands I haven’t used before. I needed some more yellow azo medium, so I tried Matisse Flow. I am perfectly happy with the color and the paint itself, but a negative for me is this brand has a foil covering once you take off the cap. I couldn’t pull it off by hand; had to use a knife — and found the whole thing unnecessary.
I got Green Earth and Payne’s Gray made by Old Holland. I like both colors — in particular the Payne’s Gray which would be great for a night sky. It surprised me that the Green Earth was so transparent. It would be good in a floral still life or a landscape.
The Cerulean Blue is made by Charvin. I think it’s a single pigment color. And I love the color!
Here’s a few pages from my sketchbook where I was drawing gestural human figures, with the object of maintaining proportions but not focusing on detail. Getting the gist, I guess.
As with the study of my cat in yesterday’s post, this rose in a vase done while I visited my mom was sketched in compressed charcoal.
One of those 20 minute things.
This is a sketch of one of my cats which I did with compressed charcoal last fall.
Today I was actually painting from a demo painting of martinis in How to Paint Fast Loose & Bold by Patti Mollica. But I don’t want to risk copyright issues so I’m not posting it. (Besides, you can check out the real deal in the book, which I can assure you is much better than my effort, lol!)
So I’m posting a charcoal drawing I did last year while I get to painting based on my own stuff.
BetterLateThanNeverArt 