Here is my latest still life, a bowl of soft fuzzy peaches. This is the second time I have revisited this reference material. I did it earlier in the year with ochre tones, remember this post.

I have applied a blue under painting to the charcoal but am not sure if I will leave this as the finished product or go on to add further colours. What do you think?

Here is another charcoal picture, a small group of peaches. I have done two of these…I’m hoping to apply two different ochre under-paintings to each one and then have the two finished pieces function as dual/a pair of paintings. I also figured that this was a simple way for me to see the different effects you can get with various under-paintings and compare it to the same subject having the same tones etc. I will post an update on this one as well once I have done some more work on it.

My source material for this one wasn’t too great as I lost some of the gradually greys, you can see that my peaches don’t quite turn in space nor do they look really fuzzy. Anyhow, I need to learn what makes for a great reference shot… due time.