My journey into painting continues. I have never really painted a still life. Most of my drawing and painting just falls from my pencil with no real reference to reality. So painting something so it looks like the object I am basing it on is an interesting challenge.

This week in my “Painting 1” class we were looking at red and yellow. We had to paint the still life set up by Deborah but limited in our paint choices … red, yellow, white and black paint. No other options.

This is the first time I have painted in a studio using an easel. I must admit I did feel rather painterly!

I still need to finish my painting … there is some shading and finishing touches needed. Homework for this week. This is the scene we based our painting on: