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| A dialogue between two pears. watercolour 39 x 47 cm © Elizabeth Tyler 2012
The great American floral artist Georgia O'Keefe once said "I hate flowers, I only paint them because they are cheaper than models and they don't move."
I could personally say the same about painting fruit and still life, I don't normally get inspired by this kind of subject but for once I thought I would give it a try. I ended up enjoying describing the surface of the coarsely woven fabric as a background for the soft smooth pears catching the light and casting soft shadows.
The tablecloth is painted firstly with prussian blue and then with a thin layer of magenta.
The pears were painted with yellow before adding sap green and finally burnt sienna.
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i like it Elizabeth. it looks so natural, and i find it pleasing that the pears are bruised and scratched just like they would look in my fruit bowl as opposed to being perfectly flawless and unearthly. I dont know if you are intersted in craft but i just created a blog for my Fiance. she rips old telephone directories up . rolls the pages into sticks and creates basketry from them. if you have time and would like to take a look at her work here is her blog address: http://zuzana-craft.blogspot.com/ take care and keep those wonderful paintings coming. kind regards Jim
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