I elevated this teapot to see the squat rounded shape. It was fun to paint, broad painterly brush strokes and the gorgeous mint colour.
I changed the board 3 times before I was happy with the preliminary drawing. It needed to fit the parameter well. It’s on a canvas with a ‘ground colour’ already applied and dried – see pic below. I will use some more ground colours especially with light subject colours as they really show up well and it brings a unity to the whole as small parts of the ground colour show through.
I went for a strong dark tone of purple for the background, I wanted the lovely shape of the teapot to stand out.
Beginning stages of the painting…