Showing posts with label apples. Show all posts
Showing posts with label apples. Show all posts

APPLE TRIO, 9105, textured palette knife still life © Carol Nelson Fine Art



Notice that little copyright sign in the title of this post? All you have to type is the following three symbols or words with no spaces: & copy ;
I think that is very cool, although it won't stop the Chinese from copying your work.

This painting was difficult to photograph because of the red. There is a lot of alizarin red (Golden's Alizarin Crimson Hue fluid acrylic) in these apples and, for some reason, instead of getting that gorgeous deep, rich red, it wants to show as brown. I had to tweek the colors to get a fair representation of the painting, but I lost a little of the purple tones in the background in the process.

I used four other red family colors in these apples - Golden's Primal Magenta and Pyrrole Orange, and Liquitex's Napthol Red Light and Quinacridone Crimson.
Those colors are SO LUSCIOUS. I was outside varnishing the painting yesterday and when the sun shines on this piece, it literally knocks your socks off. Actually, I wasn't wearing socks at the time, but I know they would have flown off if I had been.
For purchase information on this painting, please see my website or email me at carolnelsonfineart@comcast.net

Fruit and Silver, 11x14 oil







Thrift stores can be a great resource for still life materials. This silver sugar bowl looked terrible when I picked it up for $4. A little silver polish did wonders. Painting reflective surfaces is challenging and fun.
I couldn't come up with a more imaginative title than Fruit and Silver. It's 11x14, oil.