A Bad Apple

It mocks me, this apple. I'm gonna eat it! It took me alllll day to create this piece of garbage. Golden Open acrylics on watercolor paper. Primed with tinted gesso. I like using the paper. It's cheap.

I actually ended up swiping a fan brush across it out of frustration and anger which is why it's so soft. Says something about how bad it was originally that this improved it.

Red Pepper

Water soluble oils, from life, 40 minutes.

Autumn landscape

Pastel pencils on 400-grit wet/dry sandpaper. Practice piece for larger version with soft pastels. Gotta fix that tree before it falls over.

Fruit, class project

Last project from Intro to Drawing and Painting class. This took 4 hours. Oils.

Things I notice as an amateur below. If I had oils I'd fix this. I'll look back one day and see a dozen other issues.

* Needs more contrast in shadows and highlights.
*Edge of one apple needs to blended some where it meets the other apple.
*Shadow of apple on right is slightly off.

Sunflower WIP

Finished!

The awkward ugly stage.

Something I did today on an Android app called Sketch, Paint, Draw.

A Little Pumpkin

One to make myself feel better after the hibiscus disaster. Ten minutes using different pastel pencils on plain computer paper. I see the stem perspective doesn't match the pumpkin.

Hibiscus In Algae

Yep, you when WIN some, you lose some. This one is a loss.

White Flower in Orange Vase, Complete

Adjusted several things after WetCanvas critique. Straightened neck, brightened buds, added orangish background, and adjusted vase shadow.

White Hibiscus

Originally acrylic on canvas, basic underpainting. Added 2 coats of Golden pastel ground and completed in pastels. That was an experiment but I like the technique. I like how the rough ground forces me to paint looser.

Awaiting feedback from WetCanvas re: shadow on table and blues behind buds. Corrected version below.

Corrected petal shades and vase shadow area.

Hibiscus

WIP (work in progress). Faber-Castell pencils, blue Canson MT paper. Using ref photo off Pixabay. This one is tedious but satisfying. I'm learning a lot.

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