Fork 'n' pepper.

I've decided I don't like goddam peppers. It's still bitty . The fork could be worse. Could be better. But could be worse.

On the upside, it's better than yesterdays pepper. I don't like approximately 87% of the brushstrokes on the pepper. I like trying though, it's strange that it's rewarding even when the results are so weak. Today I painted while listening to 'The making of music' , a history of classical music. There is a little track, of a bit of a mass by a Renaissance composer Josquin Desprez, and when I hear it , tears well up. It's the strangest thing. Not the best thing when you are attempting to squint at a pepper it has to be said, but a moving weird experience.

shot glass

I wanted to see if I could do a glass, I like these little shot glasses, and I'm not horrified by the result. By the pepper yes, but I don't mind the glass, even though I think the elipse is wrong and the shape is wrong, I think I've got the idea of a glass, ish.

I'm more than underwhelmed by the pepper, god, it's so bitty, brush strokes all over the place. Also, there is no proper dark. I need a) to be braver and b) to light the subject better. Yes, I think I'll blame the lighting.

Photo realism

Well, I got this to perfection, I nailed that wonky bowl, and captured that murky background to perfection. Ah, the talent.

Garish and Gaudi and a tad Grim

Yup, it's confirment, I have no notion what I'm about. I was randomly dabbing, scraping and blobbing, as well as huffing, puffing and sighing. What was it I liked about doing this again?

I figured it was time to fall back on chillies, I can do chillies.  It wasn't,  I can't. Still, it was nice standing there, painting away, listening to good old Melvin Bragg on the radio.

Turn around and start it again

Wow, I've just checked and it's been around eight months since I last painted or posted, which as it turns out, is just the right amount of time to make sure I have completely forgotton the little I had learnt. I've finished studying for this year, so have a bit of time, yipee, and I thought it would be nice to continue with this painting malarky.

It turned out to be less of a continue, more of a turn around to where you started and then take three steps back. N'mind. I didn't know what I was doing , what went on first, when to , how to, why to , what to. After a while I just gave up and didn't get around to doing anything with the chilli. On a positive note, I think I actually got the shape of the cup right. Ta da..

Yet more chillies

I'm back studying and cant seem to find the time to try and paint at all, but these three chillies came in the veg box yesterday, and they were such great colours and shapes, that I figured I had to give them a go. Anyway, my eyes are killing me, I needed a break.

I feel so so so out of practice, I'll never improve if I keep forgeting everything. I enjoyed doing this though, although I stoopidly ruined a jumper by lazily not changing and then sort of hugging the palette! duh.

Quick Quinces

I desperatly wanted to paint something sort of seasonal, seeing as how everything is turning and changing so I went out and picked two quinces from where they grow at the back of the garage. They are such a fab golden yellow , they just say Autumn to me.
No one here is very enthusiastic when I cook them for some reason .

  I like the colours, and I sort of like some of the brushstrokes, but I've lost the shape of the quince and have no idea what is going on with the shadows.

It seems they are fated to be neither cooked nor painted well by me.