“Freesias in a vase.”
One hundred weeks into my weekly painting project . It is almost unbelievable. And it’s gone by really quick. But still going strong. I believe that forcing myself to complete at least one painting a week, contributed and still contributes to my development as artist. Amongst other things, is experimenting, trying new things, working on composition and not in the last place, practice. And I think practice is very important. Unfortunately, the weather is still awful, rainy, windy, cloudy, dump, but not cold. Anyway, not very good for painting outdoors and on top of that, the days are really short now. The good news is there is plenty to do on still life painting. And even if it’s winter, we can still find flowers. Hence, for my weekly painting I have chosen to do some freesias. And for the setup I used the same little vase from last week.
I used my (now usual) palette and added some cadmium green deep, burnt sienna and lapis lazuli.
I didn’t use any medium, just turps.
I painted it over few days, alla prima (wet on wet), starting with blocking the main shapes and values. At the end I did the suggestion of the pattern on the backdrop (I used a tea towel with a pattern of white carrots, parsnips and turnips probably), the shadow and added the highlights.
So, here it is:
“Freesias in a vase.”
Oil on linen.
30 X 40cm (12” X 16”).
