“Still life with rose in the living room.”
Another week flew by. Extremely busy at work and not much time for painting. But I still managed to complete one painting. On Tuesday at the life drawing class I was in for a surprise, they were having a sculpture class. Which means the pose is rotating every 30 minutes or so; sculpture is 3D, so you have to see the model from every angle. But it was a good experience. I set up my easel and working with sight size method, I did a series of 5 quick poses, 30 minutes each, on the same page. I am more than pleased with the result.
The rest of the week, I worked on the evenings, after work on a still life. Rather complicated, with a rose in a Japanese vase, the bottle of cherry liqueur (what is left of it), a tall glass and added by my other half a fig from the garden and a wilted leaf. The rose was also from the garden and it lasted incredibly long, four days! For the setup I dismantled the shadow box and used the wall as a backdrop, paintings and art on the wall included. I was trying to finish it on Saturday, but failed to do so. Hence I had to finish it on Sunday. But first ... being my birthday, a visit at an artistic place. It is called “Sculpture by the lakes” and it is situated in Dorset, few miles away from Dorchester, in a little village called Pallington. It belongs to a family of artists, Simon and Monique Gudgeon, Simon being a renown sculptor. A beautiful and tranquil park, which displays 30 sculptures by Simon Gudgeon. And a lovely cafe, with great food, made with local ingredients. We found out that they have art workshops and classes, including plein air painting and they would allow artists to paint on location. A great experience and I will be back for some plein air painting.
So, in the afternoon, back to the painting. I used a palette with three yellows, two blues, two reds, three browns and white. No medium, just turps.
So, here it is:
“Still life with rose in the living room.”
Oil on linen.
12” X 16” (30 X 40cm)
