#37 ‘Orange Studies’ 4×4″

#37 ‘Orange Studies’ 4×4″

I started the top one on a natural coloured board but decided I would do two studies at the same time to experiment with background colours, composition and to compare with a white ground and a coloured ground (see pic below)I was aiming for the orange to be luminous...
#36 ‘Little Jug’ 4×4″

#36 ‘Little Jug’ 4×4″

I have had the ‘lurgy’ the past few days, bad cold and cough with no painting. So it’s good to get back to it today.I like the shape of this little jug, reminds of something in the Dutch masters time – Vermeer, ‘Girl with the Pearl...
#34 ‘Lisianthus’ 5×7″

#34 ‘Lisianthus’ 5×7″

These flowers were in my bouquet I had on for Valentines day :-)I like the wispy delicate buds and rich deep flower heads. I had a go at drawing it before thinking it would work as a coloured drawing. But the colours were so wishy washy compared to oils I had to then...