Large chillies or small peppers

I bought loads of these at the farm shop this morning, I don't know if they are hot or just peppers. I plan to 'stew' them in a rediculous amount of olive oil, with tons of garlic & the odd caper. I suppose then we'll find out. They looked so nice that I went straight to painting and didn't study this morning... guilt overload.

Lousy photo, but there's no way I'm going outside again.

Pas de soupe

This week I've been painting two bowls, each day, paint, wipe. I'm trying to work out what goes first, darks, lights, main bits, small bits. Its fun, but I'm not necessarily sure I'm any the wiser. It it also for drawing practice, especially nasty horrid elipse things.

I didn't wipe this one, but I may. No point keeping everything, but also nice to  keep a record. I like the blog as a record , it's a record without a cupboard full of dead paintings. There is something a bit liberating and a bit destructive about obliterating what you have just made.

I need to have a good old think about compposition too.