An Apple a Day

Because it had been so long between painting sessions, I thought that perhaps it would be a good idea to work out the kinks by painting apples. They aren’t as easy to paint as one might think. It’s been incredibly challenging, surprisingly.

This is an 8″ x 10″ oil on linen painted in the upstairs studio.

An art friend of mine suggested painting these small pieces. It’s totally different to make such a tiny canvas interesting (vs., of course, a larger canvas.) There’s not as much surface area with which to work, obviously. Therefore, there’s generally not enough room to put everything on the canvas that I normally (on a larger canvas) would put there.

This is a 6″ x 6″ oil on cotton canvas.

These are my fourth and fifth apple paintings within the week.