Still life painting is an excellent way of using all my skills of observation, when it is too cold to venture outside to paint!
Still life painting in cold weather. My friends and I meet up in each other’s studios where we set up still life subjects. We also paint each other, for a change, sometimes including visitors to the studio. These cold weather painting days therefore, help keep us in practice. At the same time they help me to build a worthwhile body of work for my future exhibitions and gallery events.
Here is a short video I made whilst out painting recently. You get to hear conversations I had with people I met while painting. Enjoy, and remember to leave your e-mail details to ‘come painting with me’ next time.
Here are some more recent oils I painted in the studio while waiting for warmer and drier weather. First is a wall of framed still life painting ready for exhibition. Also a view of the Doges Palace, Venice which ai painted from a photo and sketches, made when last in Venice. These can be found with my latest still life painting on my web site. For more about how I paint buildings and towers Click here
When I paint still life subjects I’m looking at the lights and darks and the patterns they make. The darks, especially shadows help to ‘ground’ the objects, so they don’t look as if they are floating. Darks have a way of adding drama to a composition, and remember, shadows have colour, they are not black or grey or blue. Look for the true shadow colours, and your still life painting will ‘sing’.
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