Saturday, October 6, 2018

Feijoa...


Discovering a new fruit...then painting it.






A neighbor of ours brought us a basket full of fruit that we have never seen before.
Not sure what it was, or if we were feeling adventurous enough to try it...
I took it to art class to paint...what else?

A few of my fellow students knew what it was...
a feihoa, or more commonly know as pineapple guava.
They are delicious!


Before they were eaten up, I took a few reference photos
and sketched them onto water color paper that I had already
built up with a few layers of collage papers.


I used oil pastels to color in the feijoa 
and then more layers of paint, stencils and handwriting.


The final detail of a simple broken line to frame the fruit
and I call this piece done, ready to frame and enter into an upcoming show.


As you can see...I enjoy adding reality into my more abstract paintings.
I'll be teaching a master class in that very subject coming up next year at Art On 30th...
I'll keep you posted!

ENJOY




4 comments:

  1. Oh, yeah, bom dia, feijoa!! Love it and that you share your process. (-:

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    1. They are quite delicious Carole...also delicious to paint and explore a little bit with oil pastels. I'm kinda liking the pastels.

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  2. Love the fruit and your painting!

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    1. Thanks so much Carol. I did enjoy experimenting with oil pastels and then layering on papers and paint. I've already started another one with pomegranates!

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