#12 - Apple Two

January 2014 Leslie Saeta's 30 paintings in 30 days challenge

Apple Two

6x6" oil

Today was an interesting painting day.  This was a "if you could sell it by the pound" painting.  That's what my husband calls it when I go back and back thinking if I just add a few more strokes I can save it.  

Some days you have a vision and your fingertips don't get the message.  I have this glass apple.  Very simple.  It looked interesting when I put it on a colored surface because the color flowed up into it...and there was this red toned canvas just sitting there.  I changed the background color 3 times!  That means the color of the apple had to change too.  For some reason I just couldn't bring myself to wipe the canvas and start over because I just knew a few more strokes would do it... well the painting took took on a life of its own and of course took me twice as much time to finish it as it would have if I'd started over.  One of these days I'll paint it again like I should have today.  Or not! 

#6 - Little Green Apple

      2014 Leslie Saeta's January 30/30 challenge

Little Green Apple(s)

4x4" acrylic

Today I started a scenery and wiped it off.  I'll try that one again tomorrow.  I was looking for something around the house to paint and saw the apples on the counter.  

The Art of Comics  

Broom-Hilda by Russell Myers (1/6/14)

Lite Lunch

Lite Lunch, 10x10" acrylic on canvas (sold)

Don’t tell my brother, but I painted Lite Lunch thinking I’d give it to him as a house warming present… and somehow it never made it to his house.  I guess I owe him a painting!!  

I knew I wanted a reflection, so I set up the apple and Coke on my granite kitchen counter.  I didn’t start out painting the shadow in the background.  Sometimes it’s just a happy accident when an interesting shadow accidently falls across the canvas after I’ve finished the painting.  If I think it adds something I paint the shadow in for more interest.