Pineapple Oil Painting, is finished

I am so glad to have finished the pineapple oil painting today.  Always good to call one finished, especially a large format painting.  I usually call my paintings finished when my corrections and and improvements do not significantly add to the overall scene when stepping back several feet from the easel for a good look.  This one is for my daughter, but will take commissions to paint one for you.

Prints are available for purchase.   Please contact jimmie @jimmiesart.com if you have questions about ordering/shipping.


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

Pineapple, Almost

It is almost finished!  I am going to let it dry and finish the highlights and a few more shadows need to be improved.  Hopefully one more session will do it.  What do you think?

We have already cut up the model into pineapple chunks.  If the painting finishes out as good as the fruit tastes, I will be very happy.

Let us pray before we paint,
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