I recently acquired this Japanese vase and added it to my collection of still life props, in this instance I used it in a combination with orange and I think it went well color-wise.
Fresh off the easel, this is a new intimist piece that I just painted, the warm daylight coming from the left travelling across all the shapes in the room, the subtle nuances of light always intrigue me.
5 x 7 inches Oil on canvas panel
sold There's a preliminary drawing in charcoal that I did for this painting couple of months back so I decided to finally paint it, the drawings are not necessarily identical to the paintings and I'm not using them for tracing purposes, they both stand on their own, its for a better understanding of shapes particularly and the basic planes of light and shadow, the color comes organically. view currently available paintings
5 x 7 inches Oil on canvas panel
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Since I did a couple of preliminary drawings with an asian model here's a painting of her, still a standing pose just a bit different from the charcoals.