Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Red Plum Studies





I haven't painted in almost two weeks.  When I squeezed the paints out onto my palette, I had a feeling of greeting old friends.

I decided that since I'm so rusty, I'd try painting some quick studies of a red plum that was in my fruit bowl.   One thing I learned was that I didn't like the effect of lightening the reds with white.  I started using yellow to lighten the reds, and I like that much better.

I really want to thank everyone for all their kind comments while I've been out of the loop.  My husband is getting better each day.  Both of us are still pretty tired, though.

17 comments:

  1. Virginia,
    This is wonderful! So good to see you back and I know it felt good to get at it again. These plums are beautiful colors and you don't look rusty at all. Your husband is lucky to have you and Y'all both need to rest and take care!

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  2. HI Virginia, I did not have an email to thank you for visiting me! You can just not post this comment. I wanted to answer your question- I painted on a black ground. Learned that at Karin Jurick workshop and still like it at times.
    Thanks again!

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  3. Oh My Goodness, Virginia... these are fantastic !!! I think the several days away has just made you better ! They are absolutely wonderful !! So glad that your hubby is on the mend, and soon you two will be rested up and back to normal ! these plums are spectacular !!

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  4. Thank you very much, Kathy and Sandy!

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  5. Hi Virginia!! So glad you are back! Your plums are fantastic and the colors are really good! You certainly are not showing any rustiness! Continue to rest, as I'm sure this experience takes a long time to recover.

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  6. Hi Virginia, welcome back, I know how that feels. But, good to be back painting I'm sure. These plums are wonderful. I like the depth of color and the yellow provides alot of warmth.

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  7. The plums are wonderful! I like the colors a lot. Lovely highlights and shape. The plums look delicious.
    I'm glad you're both doing better. Take it easy and enjoy. It's good medicine.

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  8. Delicious! The yellows work well in this piece!

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  9. Avec des feuilles de menthe (pas trop...) hum!!! un délice en confiture... Mais les vôtres je les mange du regard...
    Ma chère Virginia je vous conseille de bien vous reposer. Une bise à chacun de vous deux.

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  10. Many thanks to Linda, Mary, Caladh and Deb for visiting and commenting. And especially to Martine for the suggestion for plum jam. I love tart plum jam, but I've never tried it with mint.

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  11. So good to see you back, Virginia! Nice job on these plums . . . sometimes you get better after being away from painting, have a fresh persepective.
    Hope your husband is doing well . . .

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  12. Virginia, your plums are lovely! There's no sign of you being rusty. Glad you are back to painting, and hope that your husband is doing better.

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  13. c'est une belle étude et tes couleurs sont superbes !

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  14. This is great--it's like you were never away from it. Wonderful colors Virginia. I was just looking too for an email for you?

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  15. the important is never stop of painting :) great colors of that composition ! :)

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