Lemon Still Life, Better Ground

This is proof that I work better on a smoother surface.

I’m repainting this still life because I’m sure that the cold press water color paper from last time was really causing issues with me. Now I’m painting on gessoed hardboard and as soon as I started I was much happier. I still have 1 or two sessions left on this one but I know its going the way I want it to. I’m also really enjoying gouache right now.

Lemon Still Life, Better Ground, setup — Setup

Session Details

Session: 1834
Work: 1363
Width: 7
Height: 5
Medium: Gouache
Art Time: 1.5 hrs

Chris Beaven
February 2, 2018
7:31 am

From Photograph, Gouache, Still Life

Chris Beaven

I am an Artist and a programmer currently living in the amazing state of Washington. I have a passion for art, but I'm stubborn as hell with it. My day is complete only when I do some piece of art each day, no matter how small. "There was a dream that was Rome. You could only whisper it. Anything more than a whisper and it would vanish, it was so fragile."