Yellow Apples--Original Still Life Oil Painting

This 5x7 inch oil painting is one of my favorite perspectives for painting fruit, a bird's eye view. The perspective produces an abstration that is fun an appealing. While painting this little study, I worked on values and loose brush strokes. For closeup views of the painting that exhibit detail of the texture and brush strokes, you can visit the listing for this painting in my Etsy Gallery. The painting can be purchased for $50.00 plus $6.50 for shipping to US addresses. I also ship internationally. Visit the listing for quotes on international shipping.

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White Pumpkins--Still Life Oil Painting

Yesterday I took on the Different Strokes Challenge of the week and painted this 8x10 inch still life oil painting. It was an interesting value study. My usual palette is quite warm, but the reference photo led me toward a cooler range. It was a stretch for me and I finally warmed the painting up with a little bit of cadmium yellow on the sunny side of the pumpkins. When I was finished, satisfaction with my results was absent. I wanted the warmth of my usual palette so badly that I cropped the original photo and painted again. The second painting is the result of my continued efforts. The drawing of the pumpkins is more precise, but the effect is completely different. I'm undecided about which painting I prefer. The second painting does not capture the mood of the original reference; artistic license is hard at work. Here's my second effort, a 6x10 inch result. What is your preference? If you visit the Different Strokes Blog, you can discover which one I finally enetered as the challenge painting.

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