First Pear

Running into painter's block several weeks ago, I decided to try water soluble oil paints. This is my first attempt with the new oils and so far I like them.

First Pear was painted in less than two hours over a three day period on an 11 x 14 inch canvas. I used Yellow ochre, Payne's grey, Burnt Umber, Raw Sienna and Prussian blue. I laid down the Yellow ochre the first day. I rubbed out a little of the paint to depict sunlight on the wall.



I added Burnt Umber to create the top surface of the table. I then wiped out a rough shape of the pear. It looked good enough and I kept it. I added Payne's grey and Prussian blue to the mix to finish the front of the table.



The wondrous "Floating Pear".



Added a bit of shadow to anchor the pear to the table and called it finished.



It was fun and fast. Wish I could do all my paintings in this manner. They may not be good but they would be fun.

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