I have painted a "post it note" on to this painting, why I hear you ask? It was too boring as it was so I've added a bit of fun. I have deliberately painted the note on to the painting and not on to the breakfast because I want viewers to think that someone has stuck it on there. I am looking for something to write on to it too, lots of ideas but I'll surprise you all tomorrow as that's when I hope it will be finished. I have also painted some oily blobs on it but they are not very visible on the photo because they are so pale.
Wow, what a week I'm having, it's brilliant. I went back to painting live at Gallery 150 yesterday, after a week's holiday, and found out that both of my paintings had sold. I was also lucky enough to meet both of the buyers which made my day, week, fortnight, year!! I was so excited yesterday that I forgot to take a photo of the work that I had done, so ended up missing a day.
I think I have almost finished this painting now, I have just got to mess it up a bit as it looks a bit to pristine. So expect some blobs of fat and bits of tomatoe and juice around it. I am also struggling a bit with the bacon so have returned it to the start (it looks a bit raw at the moment). I think this is about it's 5th layer now. It is also quite a lot bigger than I normally do and that might be why it's taking me longer.
Once again I had a lovely day painting at Gallery 150, Leamington Spa. I really enjoy doing it and meeting so many different, lovely people that come in.
I have started to add colour to the food now and this is the first layer done (only half of the bacon is done at the moment though). The mushrooms are all wrong but I will have another go at them tomorrow. I might have to add a slice of black pudding aswell as there is a gap which is a bit too big on the plate. I had to go and buy a tomato today because I couldn't remember exactly what they looked like, thought it was too hard to do so turned one of them over then managed to get the second one looking like it should anyway. My favourite bit at the moment is the puddle of tomato ketchup.
Day 3 of this painting has involved taking the bear back to a darker colour and adding lots of white to the areas where there should be white. The bear will need to have lighter colour added to it tomorrow when it has dried off. I have also added some burnt bits to the toast finger that is in the egg. Colours used are titanium white, burnt and raw umber, yellow ochre and a little bit of black.
I also went along to a workshop today that was being held by the Coventry and Warwickshire Society of Artists, that was really good and I even won a prize in the raffle. I am eating those at the moment, Thornton's chocolates. We also had a critique session which was really interesting and really nice to see other people's work too.
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