Watering Can II

 

Watering Can II

9" x 12" oil on board

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I had scraped this one and was ready to wipe it, but I decided to daub in some of the values with my fingers.  I liked the effect, so I kept going.  You can see evidence of the scraping over the left shoulder of the watering can - evidence of the daubing in the circular shadow marks and highlights - those are from my fingertips. 

Scraping caused the background to be really greyed down and loose which made the color of the watering can pop.  Mental note to remember that for future paintings.  I also used a modified Anders Zorn Palette with only four colors" alzirian crimson, Venetian red, yellow ochre, and ivory black, plus white. 

Pitchers

 

Pitchers

12" x 16" oil on board

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What better activity than painting when you're home with a sick daughter?  She was too sick to paint with me but hey, I was close by and I heated her up some lentil soup to eat on the couch while I painted.  Don't judge.

I bought the pitchers for the sole purpose of painting them and both were purchased during anniversary mini vacations with my wife.  The yellow one is a French ball pitcher, purchased from an antique shop in Matthews, VA.  The blue pitcher is from an antique mall in Charlestown, WV - I wish I knew the style and provenance, but I forgot. 

October Light

 

October Light

8" x 10" oil on board

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I almost called this one, "Soccer Practice," because it's based off a photo that I took during my son's soccer practice. In the photo, there are kids playing soccer and parents, sitting in chairs staring at phones, which is what parents do during soccer practice. I didn't think that would make a great painting, so I left them out.  

I used three colors; viridian green, cadmium orange and manganese violet plus white. Working out the values and warm vs. cool was tough - it would probably be better if I gave it another try but as usual, it's all about time.