“Cherry liqueur and a rose.”
Obviously, the good weather couldn’t last long. It lasted long enough anyway, probably the longest warm and dry weather in recorded history. But it ended suddenly, after the last weekend. Now, as per usual, rain most of days and a lot cooler. Which means, more difficult to paint outdoors, but more time for still life painting.
I started this week painting early in the week, but it was a long and painful process. And this was because I didn’t like the setup to start with. It was a joint effort of me and my other half to arrange it and initially I wasn’t convinced, but she liked it, hence I had to paint it. I struggled all week, being more and more unhappy with it.
And in the process, the glass and the bottle, where moved a bit on the stand and the rose grew from a little bud to a gorgeous yellow rose. So, after a week of fighting with myself, lack of concentration, procrastination ...
After a chat with my coach, I decided to give it one more push.
So, after redoing the rose on Saturday afternoon, I begun working on the painting on Sunday morning. In the process, I started liking it more and more, and because of this I was able to concentrate more and managed to complete the painting.
I used a palette with two whites, one more opaque and one warmer and transparent, some yellows (cad yellow medium, light and deep, lemon yellow and yellow ochre), cerulean blue, cobalt blue, transparent brown oxide, Van Dyke brown, alizarin crimson and cad red light. I haven’t used any medium, just some turps.
I painted it in layers, obviously, because it took me a week to complete it, but the last two days, was mostly wet on wet (alla prima).
So, here it is:
“Cherry liqueur and a rose.”
Oil on linen.
24 X 30cm (10” X 12”).
