SusieG Studio

When I arrived early for class, Emily had already placed my canvas on a table top easel for me.  She suggested I paint the background first before touching the peppers.  I used Burnt Sienna with a mixture of purple (created with red and blue) and painted the background.  Now, I was beginning to see my peppers pop out a bit.  

I continued to work on my peppers adding the medium values.  I was mixing variations of yellow/orange for the left pepper, greens for the middle pepper, and reds for the right pepper.  

Here’s the results of my evening’s work:

Parts of my peppers still look flat.  Still need to work on creating and painting the different values.  That will be Friday’s task.

I did as much as I could painting the medium values and had to stop to let it dry.  I was one of two students to finish early.  Emily suggested we prime our acrylic panels to use for tomorrow night’s class.  She prepared a Burnt Sienna wash and I grabbed a brush and lightly brushed the paint over the panel.  I think I’ve got the hang of this.  I was able to see my rough sketch of the peppers on my panel.  

My take away from class:  enjoy painting with oils even though it takes a loooong time to dry.  Need to get up and stand a few feet away from my painting and look at what I’ve painted.  I do see a different perspective and what’s missing in my painting (e.g. depth, contrast, etc).

Canvas used:  8″ x 10″