“Strawberries and flowers.”
Strawberries are nice things to paint, because of the texture and colour, but on the same time are difficult to paint, for the same reason. And this is why I haven’t painted them before, although I was thinking about it. Flowers and glass vases, yes I did before, hence I thought it would be a nice addition to the strawberries. And it makes the composition more interesting and varied, rather than just a low and small group of objects.
The week was a good one, although the weather wasn’t very friendly. I managed to do some cycling and on Tuesday, because of a day off, we went on the Isle of Wight. The weather was changing constantly from sunny to rain and windy. We managed though to visit a few places, including the West Wight Alpacas & Llamas farm. We even walked an alpaca, around the farm and enjoyed a nice handmade pizza. Then, it was just time for a 11 miles ride on the bike, before the next rain.
Anyway, back to the weekly painting. I used a reduced version of my palette, again, to which I added some brown and yellow ochre. I used some de Mayerne medium, diluted with turpentine, especially for glazing and triple rectified turpentine to thin the paints. I painted it alla prima.
So, here it is:
“Strawberries and flowers.”
Oil on linen.
30 X 40cm (12” X 16”).
