Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Slice of sunray

A slice of sun....a taste of whats to come - as the sun finally seem to get a firm grip up here!
Got the first series of ref pics of this year, and I'm so happy to get new stuff to work with! I'll probably get about 20 paintings out of the session, some of the pics real good - can't wait to get started on them! Feels good, after months of lacking motivation, missed the dusty little fellows...

Decided to go with this as I love the light shining through the slice and the play of shadows and reflections. Sure, a bit of detail work, and lots of subtle colors changes - but that's the stuff I like!
Will probably take some time to finish, but hey - at least I'm doing something! :)
Working on the first layer, will do several layers with softies to make this sparkle with light.

Working on La Carte, 30x40 cm.

3 comments:

Meda said...

Hi,
I really love your work. Everything seems so real!!
I was looking on deviantart.com to see how others paint a bottle with soft pastels and found your still life with the ropes. I had to see who did that as you could tell it has been done by a pro.

David Patterson said...

This is coming along nicely Merethe! I love the colors you have going.

Merethe Torbergsen said...

Thank you both, to kind! :)
Nice to see you Davis, haven't seen you in a while...busy with your glass-art, I guess...
Meda, I hope you found what you were looking for, I'll check out your blog and see what you're up too...:)