“A rose, and few other things.”
I managed to snip the last rose from my garden, so I had to paint it. Not sure if I sniped it to paint it or Just for fun and then I had to paint it ... complicated matter. Anyway, the weather is back to normal, the usual dump and cool – lovely British weather.
I had to find a composition for my rose and this was a difficult process. But, I managed to put something together, a bottle of moonshine, two tall shot glasses and a small statuette depicting a cat, right in the middle of the composition; I have used it as a central focal point, instead of the rose.
And then I painted it. It took me longer than usual, lacking concentration and perhaps procrastinating, just a bit. I started with the rose and I just sketched the rest of the composition at that stage. After finishing the rose, only because roses don’t last long, I finished the background and the other objects, last ones I worked being the tray and the shadows.
I used two reds and a white for the rose, cadmium red light and alizarin and for the rest of the composition I used two browns, two yellows, a blue and white. I used an extra yellow for the highlights, yellow lemon. And, again, I didn’t use any medium, just turps.
So, here it is:
“A rose and few other things.”
Oil on linen.
35 X 45cm (14” X 18”).
