I’m working on “Guacamole” — another paint-along from PaintCoach’s Patreon page. Here’s a few in-progress photos.
Still Life
Tomatoes.. From Paintcoach Patreon
Today I painted a pair of tomatoes based on a 2021 post at PaintCoach‘s Patreon page. This was done on a 6×8 canvas panel.
(Acrylic University) Acrylics 101: Mini Practice Paintings #2
This is the second of 3 miniature paintings from the Acrylics 101 course at Acrylics University. (See also this post.) I used a medium neutral gray as the toning color, and a red soft pastel to draw out the design.
Grayscale Still Life with Oranges
A few weeks ago, Paint Coach posted a new grayscale exercise on Patreon for his subscribers. This is my effort, after viewing his video. Done on a 6×8 canvas panel in acrylic, initially drawn out with willow charcoal.
Christmas Ornaments.. an Online Tutorial from Paintcoach
I did this work in acrylic on a 6×6 canvas board that I added a layer of acrylic gesso to before I started.
In doing this “still life” (for lack of a better term) today, I scored a victory of sorts. I only used the 3 primaries (lemon yellow, alizarin crimson, and ultramarine blue) plus titanium white. And I got all those different colors! I’m finally moving forward on the journey of intuitively mixing colors! Cheers!
Happy Halloween!
I finished the Halloween-themed works in time for the holiday. I’ve got to get in costume now to greet trick-or-treaters!
One Last Halloween Project… Work in Progress
This is based on a new Halloween-themed Patreon post from PaintCoach. I’m using a 9×12 canvas, and I did a tone of Pale Umber (Winsor & Newton Galeria) thinned out with water. As with the skull and pumpkin painting in my previous post, I sketched it out with willow charcoal. The background in this case is Ivory Black rather than a chromatic black of Burnt Sienna and Indanthrene Blue. Near the bottom, I’m using Raw Umber.
Still on a Roll with the Halloween Theme..
On from pumpkins to skulls… this work-in-progress is from another PaintCoach Patreon post. I’m using an 8×8 canvas; the ground is a Neutral (Gray) 7 mixed with a bit of white. I initially sketched out the image with willow charcoal rather than paint as I’ve been watching the World Series, and it was easier just sketching on the canvas while sitting on the sofa.
Jack O’Lantern II.. The Re-Do
I mentioned in yesterday’s post that I realized that I needed to use a color closer to Burnt Sienna as my desaturated orange; my desaturated “orange” was simply too brown and yellow.
In any case, while it was fresh on my mind, I decided to do a quickie painting of another jack o’lantern, skipping the smaller one and just focusing on getting the colors correct. I used a 6×6 Ampersand Gessoboard that I had toned with yellow ochre several months ago.
The color of the surface the pumpkin sits on is actually a bit more lavender than blue; the photo lighting is a bit off. And I really dislike the slippery Gessoboard!
