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xmas xmas - gouache on watercolour paper
snow snow - A4 acrylic on paper
After a day where I had a walk in my local park after this while I was at the snow I wanted to paint a picture of it I know one day painted the background of the snow then the next day I painted on the trees and the people. I really like it and it has links this is the movement and the style to my earlier painting of Red Riding Hood. The Paynes grey colour was produced by a mixing of red and green paints, I tried to apply colour on top but didn't really work did look good I was quite happy with the monochrome style effect

MATISSE FRUIT BOWL - Many years ago I saw an exhibition of paintings done by schoolchildren based on an exhibition that of Matisse. I took what are the paintings I did my own version. Now I am trying to recreate a similar sort of work
The idea came back to me after a writing exercise where be had to hold and examine an object and write down words that describe how it feels, looks, smell…. I chose a banana
ma51a ma51a acrylic on A5 paper - towards a banana for a Matisse style fruit bowl. Put in darker areas and shadows.
ma51 ma51 acrylic on A5 paper - a banana for a Matisse style fruit bowl. Glazed with transparent yellow
ma41 ma41 acrylic on A5 paper - oranges for a Matisse style fruit bowl. Put in darker areas and shadows, various colours blues, green and red. Then glazed tarsparent orange
ma52 ma52 acrylic on A5 paper - for a Matisse style fruit bowl. The bowl and the fruit are to small. The bowl is bady rendered and looks childish. Th fruit has also come out unformed. I do like the foreground and background. The paints have mixed and become dull.
ma53 ma53 acrylic on A5 paper - for a Matisse style fruit bowl. Better but still poor. There was meant to be an apple, but it was to samll and bright red, it apperas to be another plum. I don't like background, it is to dark.
ma42a ma42a acrylic on A4 paper - A Matisse style fruit bowl
ma54 ma55 acrylic on A5 paper - Study of fruit - darks underneath - Put in darker areas and shadows.
ma55 ma56 acrylic on A5 paper - Study of fruit - darks underneath - Add main colours.
Some of the shadow colours work well, but for the plumbs the colours is to dark.
ma51a ma56 acrylic on A5 paper - Study of fruit - darks on-top - Apply main colours.
ma51a ma56 acrylic on A5 paper - Study of fruit - darks on-top - Put in darker areas and shadows.
ma42 ma43 acrylic on A4 paper - A Matisse style fruit bowl.
I decided to use the darks over the main colours.
I like the bright colours, the fine brush work is a bit wobbly, but the overall effect is very pleasing.