Here is one more quick still life I did while in Ojai. We went on a wonderful hike in the morning, had lunch in town and then some went shopping. I took the time to paint these wonderful pears and little tangerine.
The fruit was on a table by the door and the nature light lite the fruit. I did an under painting with burnt sienna, yellow ochre light, utramarine and titanium white. Using these basic colors I blocked in values. This made it so much easier to work with color and the underpainting created harmonywith the colors glazed on top.
Well here is another fruit painting using the left over fruit from breakfast and lunch while in Ojai. The set up on this is odd with four to one groupings, but oh well. I continued to work with the Cynthia Grilli palette. New for me is using mediums and glazes and letting things dry. I didn't let things dry all the way, but enough. The medium of dammar varnish, linseed oil and turpentine helped with the drying time. I go back to class tomorrow to learn more on this. It has been fun experimenting.
Here is one more quick still life I did while in Ojai. We went on a wonderful hike in the morning, had lunch in town and then some went shopping. I took the time to paint these wonderful pears and little tangerine. 
My husband and I took a little trip to Ojai this past weekend with friends. We had a day before everyone else arrived and so I painted while he finished up some office work. These two tangerines were sitting on a table under lamp light. I loved the glow of the deep warm shadow side of the fruit. 
