I have been wanting to do a new pear painting for the Pearathon that Regina Burchett is hosting. A nice place to see and share your pear creations.
Gene shopped and picked out the pears for me to paint and I painted them on an Ampersand Gessobord with about an inch and a half edge on it. I painted with Winsor & Newton Artisan Water Mixable Oil Colour. I get a headache when I use turpentine or paint thinner, even odorless. These Artisan paints seem to work well for me. I tried the Grumbacher MAX water miscible oils and the oil in them still gave me headaches.
I used a shelf in my studio for the set up. It is always full, but decided it served the purpose. It was at the eye level I wanted.
I screwed the Gessobord to an old painting board. (Thanks, Susan Carlin for the idea of screws .. I use tape for regular board or paper.)(Added 11/10/2009: Oh my gosh, I said here and on the video that I screwed the Gessobord to the board, you all know that Gene does all that sort of thing for me. He is great to take care of the framing and heavy lifting for my painting. I was nervous speaking on the video and didn't edit this very well. Sorry Genej. I also called the pears, apples in the video .. should have taken more care. Ah me!)
Having the painting surface up away from the tray, makes it easier to paint to the edges of the surface and not have your hand or brush down in the tray. It also helps in this case for painting the edges.
I sketched in the pears with thinned burnt umber oil paint. I can easily change my drawing by just wiping off this thin layer.
This is about the middle of the time into the painting. I try to paint all over to keep from getting bogged down in one area.
The VisitorsOil on Gessobord
6 x 12 inches
6 x 12 inches
This is the final painting. It is a bit hard to take photos of wet oil paintings. You get reflections from the brush strokes that aren't actually on the painting. This is very close to the painting colors on my computer.
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Here is the video, I hope you enjoy watching and listening to hints about the way I paint.
This is what I call Jo's Notions, you can purchase it on my web page through PayPal for $100, free shipping.
Here is the video, I hope you enjoy watching and listening to hints about the way I paint.
9 comments:
Very nice pears, Jo!! Do you want me to go ahead and scoop it up for Pearathon or does it need to dry more for another photo? I couldn't tell that there were any unwanted reflections. What an interesting group of pears!
Hi Regina, thanks. These pears as on the receipt were Taylor gold pear, small red pear, bosc pear and green bartlett pears. The Taylor must be the gourd looking one. It was $2.49 a pound. Whew. I'm not sure about posting it yet, I would like to do a new pastel pear. :) I'll let you know. Thank you!
Cool. Well done on the video, too.
That was very well done - very professional.
Jo: When you show how you make the painting it is amazing, thanks so much for sharing your talent and love of painting.
Hi Bag Blog, thank you so much. I'm glad you stopped in, too. :)
fishing guy, you are so welcome. It is a pleasure to share.
Enjoyed seeing your still life set-up, and the pear painting is great! Also interested to see that there is a Pear blogsite, how fun is that?!
I enjoyed watching you paint! Lovely pears.
Hi Claudia, I see you review art supplies, I will stop by, too.
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