I finished this painting right after posting last week. I was so excited to use the nice purple I mixed up that before I knew it, I was signing it. This is my first completed painting in 2017 and I think I’m really starting the year off right.
Since I have a whole series of roughly 30 still life paintings in mind, I started the next one on the list. Within the larger series are several smaller series consisting of 3-9 paintings. I decided to start with one of the smaller series to get my feet wet. This specific mini series will be 3 red onion paintings. There is so much visual depth to red onions. There is nice variations in color, texture and shape that I’ve found very satisfying to paint. I wish I had included more red onions in my series.
It’s getting close, but it needs… more. It’s lacking in refinement and the foreground is way too light. However, I love the colors. I painted the foreground light semi on purpose because I’m excited to use my new paint eraser again. It’s a tool with different shaped rubber tips on each end that is used to lift paint off the canvas. I’m really awful at painting a nice flowing signature, so I’m using the paint eraser to write my name in the wet paint. The results on the first onion painting are really nice.
Wow, these are really dramatic and well done!
Thank you! I’m really enjoying painting them.