Impressionist still life paintings

Blue surprise, oil on canvas panel, 8 x 8 in. When I started this painting I meant to use ultramarine blue. I squeezed out the paint from my big blue tube, alongside burnt sienna and cad yellow. But a while into the painting, I started thinking "this ultramarine blue is so strange, it doesn't lean towards violet at all!" And then it hit me, "wait a minute, didn't I also have an identical tube of pthalo blue?" Oh yes. Pthalo blue surprised me though, I wouldn't have chosen it but it worked…

Lemons in blue, oil on canvas, 8 x 10 x 5/8 in. I’ve been reading “Oil Painting Essentials” by Gregg Kreutz, and one mantra from this book has lodged in my brain: “Make light the main event.” To me, this is a huge point. When I first started painting, I thought that paintings were like photos. In photos we usually focus on a subject, and we don’t necessarily think much about light and shadow (check out how many still life photos on Pixabay have no shadows!). My paintings were all about the…

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One Granny Got The Cushion, oil on canvas panel, 8 x 8 x 1/8 in.This painting feels so calming to me, it's like a little Zen area that makes my mind relax. The periwinkle tone of the vase has always been one of my favorite colors. I don't feel burned out from completing the Strada Challenge, in fact I feel energized and ready to keep painting.

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Think you’re limited to painting landscapes when you take your art outdoors? Think again — these artists show a variety of ways to incorporate the timeless still life in an outdoor setting.

Pivoines rouges dans un vase Dalpayrat