A couple of Still lifes in window light

[P. Barrie]

6” x 8”, gouache on panel

Clementines. 6”x8”, Oils on panel

 

[AiArts]

Wow... Barrie, this is superb !!! Love the light effect too.

 

[Enyaw]

Very nice Patrick. Great coloring.

 

[Hostajunkie]

Nice!

 

[snoball]

Wonderful Patrick! Just great.

 

[jmfletch]

At first glance I thought the clementines wa# a reference photo. The lighting and textures are excellent.

 

[drizzlewither]

Oh those are great, love the clementines especially

 

[Bongo]

Excellent, really top notch.

 

[Desforges]

Wonderful!

 

[eyepaint]

Stunning - particularly the cast shadow under the orange on the shiny table

 

[Artyczar]

Wonderful Patrick. The oranges are my favorite, the reflections are amazing too.

 

[Joan T]

Both of these are so well done!!! The one of the apples is so realistic.

 

[ntl]

Mr. B, those are wonderful!

 

[P. Barrie]

I thank you all very much.
Still lifes are fun. I like painting reflected light, cast and form shadows from life. Requires lots of hard looking. I probably look more than actually paint, trying to make the brush strokes deliberate and not fuss with them.

 

[Desforges]

Clementines are excellent! Color, textures and light!

 

[triss]

Excellent work on both paintings. The fruit is beautifully handled in both, but your work on the cloth in the clementine painting is outstanding - wonderfully done.

 

[Queen Bee]

Beautiful job on both.

 

[P. Barrie]

Thanks again to all!
No reference photos used for these two, these are painted from life in natural light. I set up a still life and sometimes manipulate the environment.
For me, there are important distinctions and aspects of approach when either working from life or using reference photos. I find the more I work from life, the more drawing and painting vocabulary I have for other references: photos, imagination, abstraction, non representational, whatever.

 

[Terri]

So impressive. I love the shadows and reflections - heck, even the folds of the cloth are very well done. Love them both.

 

[laika]

Nice work, Patrick! Love the blue cloth beneath the clementines. Nice touch.

How, if it's not a secret, do you prepare the panel for gouache?