A Painter's Spat

This one took a little longer than I expected because I did so much background. Its hard for me to keep the character looking consistant too. I suppose I'll learn as I go, right? Post of the actual painting coming soon!

Orange you glad I didn't say Banana again!

This one was a bit of a challenge because the plate was a little reflective, the texture on the oranges and elipses. You know what I'm talking about...dang elipses. I'm having trouble deciding what to do next. Should I try painting people? More complicated Still Life's? Or should I switch to a landscape?

Peppers

I thought you kids might like to see my process a bit. So I pick out some luscious peppers at my favorite local grocery store. 

I did a quick sketch to solidify my composition. 

 As you can see I don't do a pencil sketch on my canvas. I thin some oil paint with turpenoid and start going at it!

 Mixing oils with a palette knife instead of on your brush keeps it from getting muddy.

Background first, of course....

 ...then a rough underpainting for the peppers.

This is what I call the ugly stage...

Can you see that little brown spot on the yellow pepper? Yeah... the peppers were starting to go bad (literally molding and wrinkling), so I HAD to finish. Rotting fruit creates quite the deadline. I'm pretty pleased with it though.