Wednesday, February 16, 2011

When Life Gives You Lemons


When Life Gives You Lemons, 11.5x15, watercolor.
This is another still life that I set up and photographed. I love blue and yellow together and I thought this might be a challenging subject to paint. I was right on that! I don't know how the lemon drop jar got a little lopsided but it did. Except for that I like the results. It was done with the same techniques that I learned doing the cherry paintings. The colors are blended on the paper which is 300 lb. cold press. I finished this painting several weeks ago and wasn't going to post it because of the slightly tipsy results but since I have the "crud" that has been going around it sort of describes how I feel; a little tipsy and full of lemons (I drink a lot of hot honey and lemon water). I admire people who can paint when they don't feel well, unfortunately I'm not one of them. I'll know I'm getting better when I feel like picking up the paint brush again.

4 comments:

  1. You know- I think the tipsy jar gives the whole composition style and originality! Blue and yellow work great together. I also love the shadows and reflections you've achieved. Hope you feel better soon.

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  2. Sooo its a little tipsy huh? thats just fine.
    Your colors are wonderful . blue and yellow have always been so good together. I just got over the 'miseries' as I call it .. it lasted for almost 3 weeks.. (hate to tell you that) and like you can't paint when I'm sick.. Get Well ! I think all of Florida has it..

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  3. It seems like a lot of folks have had this bug whatever it is. So much for the flu shot this year! I have a workshop to attend next week so I have to get un-tipsy soon. Thanks for your comments Pamo and B-J.

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