“Moonshine and blue cheese.”
The first year of my weekly painting project has gone and now is the first week of the new (second) year. I have done quite well, especially from the second part of last year, experimenting and working a lot with still life. A genre that before I was only painting rarely and mostly from photos and now I am doing on weekly basis and only from life with my own set ups. Last week, while doing Vincent’s portrait (Vincent is the black fluffy cat) I learnt that dark colours can dry a bit dull, so I enhanced it by applying some Liquin original on top of the cat. This is why I decided to work more with Liquin, so I decided to use it this week.
I did a simple composition with a block of blue cheese, my favourite cheese and a glass of moonshine with a rich dark cognac colour.
I used Liquin as medium, more with the dark background and less with the objects. I painted the background in layers, but the cheese and the glass I painted alla prima.
So, here it is, my first painting of 2018, and first painting of the second year in the weekly painting project:
“Moonshine and blue cheese.”
Oil on linen.
24 X 30cm (10” X 12”).
