Facebook notice for the Paris Optimist’s online auction, later this month.
I’ve stopped working on the ‘jupiter’s clouds 2’ painting, to do this painting of three pears. It’s going to be donated to an auction to raise money.
The first layer of paint on the pears. I have to decide what colour to do the background next.
I added the second layer of paint to the pear on the left hand side. I also painted the first layer of blue on the background. I’m going to make the dark blue darker.
I did another layer on the background, and I did the second layer on the middle pear. Now I can do the pear on the right. They’ll all have small brown dots at the end, which will help make them look more like pears.
I did another layer, and added shadows to the bottom of the painting. The dark blue background needs another layer. I might have to add some black to it.
I’ll try to take a better picture of this. I decided to do a more abstracted layer on top of the patterned layer. I like this better. It still needs more work, but I feel like it’s heading in the right direction.
…or not. I felt like it was a bit bland, so I upped the contrast. I like it better now.
Added more white and red to add more contrast. I think this has officially gotten away from me now. I really like parts of it. Maybe too much contrast. Layer 7 might be the lucky one.
I added the halos to the pears and painted them in shades of purple. I like it better now. Not quite finished, but it’s getting there. I took it outside to photograph it, and I used the better camera, so I finally got a good picture.
…on the other hand. Maybe not. I painted parts out to simplify it. It needs another layer of the same thing and some more modifications, but I like it better. I do have a tendency to get carried away.