Channeling Cezanne

 Finished!

This watercolor was done on Kilimanjaro watercolor paper. I used Daniel Smith Watercolors and the size is 17" x 30".

More Progress

 As you can see from the previous posts, I have completed more work on painting. The material took more time to develop with its folds and shadows and print. I like working with draped cloth and this one was more challenging.  I wanted to accomplish a lighting effect of showing just a beam of sunlight coming in on the still life while the rest is in shadows. All I have to do now is to finish the background and also more shadows on the white table below.

Oranges and Lemon Progress

Thought I would share my progress. As you can see I have been working on the folds of the tablecloth. Here is a close-up of the folds. Some what challenging but at the same time kinda cool!

I worked on putting in a light wash to indicate where the shadows will be. At times, I sometimes like an unfinished painting to a finished one.

 

What my table looks like

 Sometimes it is interesting to see the layout of paints and brushes and palette of the artist. Here is mine.

Oranges and Lemons

 I have started a new painting. This one is a still life with my Italian ceramic and my peasant print tablecloth with a bunch of oranges and one single lemon. Here is a narrative of the painting started:

I started the painting with the oranges and lemon and then started to develop the ceramic.

Now you can see that the ceramic bowl was next.

I love to paint cloth that is wrinkled or folded like it is for this painting. Here is a close-up of some of the detail of this tablecloth. There is a lot of design to consider doing well.