Winter vacation wasn’t as productive as I’d hoped. The blast of cold weather and a lingering head/chest cold had me focused more on Netflix and the couch rather than painting.
But with a new year in place I tried to shake off the cobwebs and get back to work.
“untitled” : Oil on wood panel. 6″x8″ 2018
Incidentally, this is also the first time I’ve ever tasted a twinkie.
Still continuing the sweets theme this week. A couple more donuts added to the collection. I’m happier about the surface of these two: the jelly had to be wiped off and repainted at one point to better understand the sugary texture on top.
However, both suffer a bit in the shadow area in the bite. I’m not sure exactly what to mix to convey shadows that are both cool, deep, and yellow… every time I mixed up the colors I came out with something of a grey green approximation. Maybe the next study will be a focus on just that part.
Enjoy.
The flexibility of painting small allows for a variety of subject matter without a huge investment of time. Last week someone at work brought donuts… this weekend I decided to paint some.
The first painting I did was the chocolate glazed, and it clearly is the best. I was distracted and running late while painting the pink donut, so it had to be partially wiped off and re-painted later. And the plain glazed was painted under a rapidly changing light, which was also distracting.
These were a fun group. For each one painted I bought an additional 2-3 ‘models’ which Lance and I promptly ate… I might be done with donuts for a while.
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