Pineapple Painting Work in Progress, Getting Closer

Added more color and detail to the body of the pineapple today.  There is more to do to get the darker crevices correct and need to start on more contrasts.  I haven't gone back to the blades much, but I think they will start looking a bit more real when the shadows are put in.  The paint in the background and blading is now dry to the touch.  For some strange reason, I want to finish the body of the pineapple before the blading.  Tomorrow may come up with another corny approach.

The palette for the painting is earthy: yellow ochre, raw sienna, burnt umber, terra green, sap green, burnt sienna, and the brighter yellow light and yellow medium.  I plan to use a small bit of blue in the mix when shading the blades.  Also will be adding a bit more yellow ochre and siennas to the shadow side of the fruit.  I want the pineapple to look more ripened than what it is now.  I painted until the studio got too warm for me.  We are having a heat wave in Texas, so I paint early in the morning and back at it in the evening. 

Keep the folks dealing with the hurricane on the USA east coast in your prayers,
Jimmie@jimmiesart.com

Pineapple Painting Work in Progress, Update

This is where I stopped for lunch today.  I have to get on with this painting as Carolyn wants to eat the pineapple I bought for the model.  There is a lot of canvas to cover on a two by three foot surface.  I like to block in the entire canvas with the background and subject before starting on much detail.  In this painting I did the background first to cause me less grief with painting the greenery blades.  The pineapple looks very bright at this point because I am going to add the detail and shadows last.   There is paint on the entire surface and should be dry enough to work on tomorrow as I am using liquin as my oil medium and this first layer on the subject is thin.  The background was layered on with brush and palette knife and has varied thicknesses for texture.  I want the end result to be very three dimensional with a realistic pineapple and an impressionist background.  This painting is already spoken for, but I would be happy to accept commissions for another.  Giclee prints will also be available.  

Let us pray before we paint,

Jimmie@jimmiesart.com 

Work In Progress, Pineapple Painting

This is a from scratch oil painting of a pineapple on a handmade stretched canvas.  The canvas is 3 x 2 feet and 1.5 inches deep for gallery wrap with edges painted  A huge painting for just being a pineapple.  I cut the stretcher bars out of select pine 2 x 6 inch material, stretched the canvas, and penciled in the sketch yesterday.  I painted (at left) this morning and took some pics for those that may be interested in watching progress.  As the painting progresses, I will post more re. palette, brushes, and such.  Please feel free to comment.

We got some much needed rain.  Praise the Lord.

Let us pray before we paint,
jimmie@jimmiesart.com