Tuesday 8 January 2008

Garlic No 1.


Oil on Board 5.5 * 5.5

I tried to paint some garlic today and I didn't want to paint on a white background I wanted to put some atmosphere in. and depth.

I cut this board down as the composition had the garlic falling off the board, so this helped by chopping it. I also saw what I had missed when I took the photo and was able to tweak the painting. I like it more now.

When I had photographed this image I had to do it several times, as I kept getting this problem called flashing in the wall painting trade, if the light hit the painting at an angle you can see the brush strokes very clearly, I must have photographed this image about eight times till I was satisfied with it.

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