“A glass vase with roses.”
Nothing lasts forever. So, the poppies didn’t either. The dry, hot weather meant their end. Last week I did my last painting of that gorgeous field, but it was all starting to fade already. Now is all gone and, unfortunately, probably never back again. So, I guess, that was a once in a lifetime opportunity to paint the red fields of poppies.
So, now, I am back to paint still life again; at least for a while, before I find something exciting to paint outdoors.
For this week, I did a small little painting of a glass vase with some roses from the garden. I like painting roses, but it is always challenging, because they tend to move, open, close and die quite quickly, so not much time to paint. I used a simple palette, based on the one I used for the poppies, since I already had the colours laid on the palette. I initially painted it alla prima and then I reworked some areas after it started to dry.
So, here it is:
“A glass vase with roses.”
Oil on linen.
24 X 30cm (10” X 12”)
