These are Japanese eggplants I got at the local supermarket. In Texas the premier supermarket is H.E.B. They are local, and they have the freshest, most beautiful produce!
I set up these on a white ground, and I put a piece of yellow paper on the left, out of the painting. The yellow reflected in the shadow of the eggplants. There were lots of purples and magentas visible, but I was surprised to see turquoise in one of the planes of the top one.
I'm not pleased with the stems and leaves. I still haven't figured out how to paint a leaf. But I kinda like the eggplants.
My blogging friend Jean Townsend posted a link today to Jeff Mahoney's website. He wrote about the doubts and frustrations that plague painters. It is so disappointing to want to paint something and then not have it come out right. His post is so right on and worth reading! I want to thank Jean for finding it and pointing it out!
8" X 10" oil on canvas panel
Those look beautiful! I really love all the colors you've got here. And that was a great idea to put the yellow paper on the side. :)I'm off to check out that link.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Crystal.
ReplyDeleteHi Virgina, thanks for visiting. You've captured some beautiful light in your eggplants, especially the dark. Well done!
ReplyDeleteI love the colors you put into this, and I really like the flow in the eggplants. Isn't it such a surprise to find a color in amongst that you didn't expect to see? As I do more and more paintings, my eye is learning to see more & more color. Now I point out a color in something to my non-artist friends and they look at me puzzled and say "huh?" LOL
ReplyDeleteThanks, Claire. I really admire your still life paintings.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Nancie. I was really trying to paint shapes, not eggplants. You are so good about about finding the colors and shapes in objects!
ReplyDeleteNice eggplants. If you see all these colors, you should have no trouble with a gourd. Think of it as the same idea. Patterns of color, just like they are here. :-) I'll have to try eggplant.
ReplyDeleteHi Virginia! Nice Eggplants! Love the subtle color variations.
ReplyDeleteThanks much for mentioning me in your post. I love to hear when anything I've written helps (or that people can understand and relate to it). :)