“Pear, coconut and apple.”
Another week has gone, and as the end of January approaches, the day is growing bigger and bigger. Is not very visible in the mornings, but the afternoons are definitely lighter. Of course, this makes me feel happier as I don’t like long dark winter nights. The weather is still bad, mostly rain and rain and rain again. But, on a positive note, this means more time for still life painting
This week, I decided to use the whole coconut left from last week and I added an apple and a pear for the composition. I am still using the sight size method, although I experimented a bit this week with some scaling up with another still life. Still using a relatively reduced palette, some browns (burnt umber, raw and burnt sienna, cadmium maroon and Italian genuine Cassel), some yellows (Indian yellow, cadmium Yellow medium and lemon yellow), cobalt blue, alizarin crimson, cadmium red light and titanium white.
I painted alla prima, few sessions over few hours.
So, here it is:
“Pear, coconut and apple.”
Oil on linen.
24 X 30cm (10” X 12”).
