#26 / Asperges de Provence

#26 / Asperges de Provence

I started out with a square canvas sat on my easel this morning, primed and with the mid tone I painted on it last Friday, but the subject went better in a rectangular canvas so I painted over an old unwanted still life (of mine) instead of using the square one. It’s an interesting exercise trying to create a new painting over an old one, to fight past what is already there and find your way by marks, lines and colours to the new painting. The results can sometimes be interesting with parts of the canvas still showing some areas of the previous painting. Although it may not be what you were expecting as a finished piece, it sometimes works well enough to leave it showing through.

#17 / Elephant Money Tin

This shiny Elephant money tin was given to our son when he was born as a gift from an old family friend called Honor who now lives in Ireland. It is full of pence, rubles, centimes, nickels and various other currencies he has saved up over the past six years. These (we tell him) will come in handy when he grows up and travels the world seeking fame and fortune. Thanks to our move from London to France, as well as the fantastic care and effort put in by his teachers at school, he now has two languages and lots of help with Russian should he ever want to add it to the list so the world is his oyster… I didn’t mean to attribute any particular meaning to this painting, but it just occurred to me that if it did have any, perhaps my son’s journey through life might be appropriate (though I hope it will be with fewer shiny elephants and more excitement than just t-shirts, broccoli and pebbles…)

#15 / Kilner Jar

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#15 / Kilner Jar

I try to finish each painting in one session au premier coup, usually one hour but it can be a little longer depending on whether my son is tearing about the house on his school holiday or safe at school under the watchful eye of his maitresse! This one took two hours...