I have been doing some work today and I had this brilliant idea that I would just shove a film of it on here today.  Well I cant seem to do it so all I will be able to do is give you the link and that is http://youtu.be/GURUd-jm93Y .  The music is all I could find that was ok and has no meaning, it was either that or some very heavy metal piece that frightened the life out of me.  It is also on the Facebook page, a link is in Home on this website. 

 

Whew what a day!  I have got very messy today, white primer everywhere, dont know how it happened.  Richard from Regent Studios gave me an idea when I took 2 of my paintings in for framing.  He thought that the eggshells one was much larger than it actually is, it's only 12"x16".  That made me think that it would be brilliant to try to do a huge one of the eggshells, I have bought some board 3'x2' and they needed to be primed for oil paint.  I got it on me, my clothes, my coffee table and the mat.  I cant get some of it off my hands so I think it will just have to wear off, still I've walked around with paint on before now so I dont suppose it matters.

I also got a little bit more done to this painting of a banana, this is also only 12"x16" so it's not a giant.  I have added another coat of titanium white blended with raw umber and, on the skin, a coat of Naples Yellow blended with Raw umber.  I am not sure that I will keep with that particular yellow as it might get a bit too bright but we'll see.  Also the banana that I am using has died so I've had to find another one (I dont know why this text has suddenly gone like this, I cant seem to get rid of it). 

I'm not laughing Mr Weebly.com, it's no joke when you have to start again because it's kicked you out just before you saved it.  Anyway back to the new painting, it's oil on canvas again and 12x16" so not massive.  I have started the base of the painting in the monochrome colours that I like to use, they are raw umber and titanium white.  I use these two because they dry very quickly (especially because they are fast drying oils anyway).  I didn't start with a sketch again, it's a waste of time for me because I never follow them anyway.  I was going to put the very first stroke down but I forgot and only remembered when I got as far as the first photo below.