"Green Apples" ~ Acrylic Still Life Painting on Ampersand Gessobord ~ by Texas Daily Painter Nancy Standlee

"Green Apples"

9 x 12 Acrylic Still Life Painting on Ampersand Gessobord, cradled 2" deep

SOLD to a Joshua, TX art collector.

I really enjoyed painting this small still life and have kept it nearby in the kitchen but it's on the way to a new home after a little varnish. After several workshops, I'll be home for a few weeks and hope to paint another study from one of the exercises that inspired this painting discussed on this post HERE.

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"Green Apples" ~ Acrylic Still Life on Ampersand Gessobord ~ by Texas Daily Painter Nancy Standlee

"Green Apples"
9 x 12 Acrylic Still Life on Ampersand Gessobord, cradled 2" deep

This week I have decided to join artists at Wet Canvas to study and do the exercises in Charles Sovek's "Oil Painting: Develop Your Own Natural Ability" @ 1990. I've done the first two all in burnt umber and couldn't stand it any more so I got out the acrylics today and painted the set up that I've used for the exercises. My first burnt umber exercise looked like a bag of baking potatoes.
In 1992 Charles discovered the work of the Society of Six, a group of California colorists. (Amazon also has a book by that title.) Mr. Sovek flew from NY to CA to see the gallery of paintings and from then on began painting with pure color never to use earth colors again.
He painted in oil and acrylic and by the time I found his work and wanted to take a workshop he had passed away. Fortunately his family has kept his website current and you can go there for study and to order his books. This painting was inspired by his "Yellow Apples". I hope I can stick with the program and do all 30 exercises. The book is a little pricy but I found a used copy that had been withdrawn from a library and I'm marking it up with a highlighter - probably not a good idea for a future sale of the book but I'm using it like a text book.
When I found Kathleen Elsey's website I thought her work reminded me a little of his colors and technique and she likes bright Fauvist colors also.
I could also hear Bob Burridge saying "short choppy strokes, get in, get out, short choppy strokes".

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WEBSITE..........http://NancyStandlee.com

WEBSITE..........http://CanvasbyCanvas.com

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