Now I’m finished. And I changed the name to “Grandma’s tablecloth”. I need to come up with better names, and while that’s not a great one it’s better than “Pears and a tablecloth”. This was fun, I’m going to paint some more of these, some smaller sizes which will be easier to sell in shows.

I took this photo this afternoon after I got back after my break and painted some more. The first thing that I saw with my “fresh eyes” was I thought the shadows were too dark. So I lightened them, mainly I’m talking about the cast shadows on the tablecloth. At this point I’ve just about

Here is what I’ve done this morning. I’m filling in the off white color of the tablecloth. It’s so light it’s hard to tell where I’ve painted and where I have toned canas. I’m trying to get the canvas covered with paint, then I’ll go in and work on my edges. I haven’t tackled that

Today I did the underpainting on my canvas for my next painting. This canvas is 16″x20″, which is larger than I’ve been painting lately, but I decided if I was going to go through all the trouble to paint a tablecloth with a floral pattern, I wanted to do it on a bigger canvas. I

Yes, you can paint on unstretched canvas. I will show you: an EASY way to paint on unstretched canvas. TWO ways to prepare the unstretched canvas for framing. Using the right canvas I recommend using primed linen or cotton canvas. You can buy cotton or linen canvas by the yard at an art supply store

Last night I went ahead and painted in the model stand using the photo I took during the class (and posted in the last post). Thank you everyone for your comments on which version you liked best. I’ll let this painting dry, I have a while before I have to decide what I want to

Today I went to my figure class to paint the same girl . . . again. We paint the same model for four weeks. I decided I would paint the model but also include some of the other students. So yesterday I cut a piece of linen canvas and taped it to a big piece

Here is the final version of this painting. It’s 11″x14″ oil on canvas. I like it better without the trees, thank you to those of you who sent me your comments after my last post. This was a case of making a painting better by taking something out. I hear about that but I don’t