“Kingfisher beer and cheese straws.”
Another week gone and more bad weather as well, so I ended up painting another still life.
I didn’t know what to paint, but inspiration stroke on a lazy evening, me enjoying a bottle a beer with some homemade cheese straws. So, I decided to paint exactly that. Two bottles of my favourite beer and the cheese straws. The cheese straws were home made in Romania and just received them few days ago.
I struggled a bit with composition, but, working with my trusty lighting unit I obtained that gorgeous shadow and some wonderful reflections.
Again, I haven’t used any medium, just a touch with the red on the labels. Everything else was done with paints and turpentine. And again, reduced palette, one blue (cerulean), two yellows (cad yellow medium and Indian yellow), alizarin crimson (red), titanium white, ivory black and additionally some burnt umber, transparent brown oxide, unbleached titanium oxide and a touch of cad yellow lemon.
A nice little painting, summing up a lazy evening, listening to good old music, a bottle of beer and some cheese straws.
“Kingfisher beer and cheese straws.”
Oil on linen.
30 X 40cm (12” X 16”)
