Five cherries and a glass

Another summer going by, too fast as always....My blog have been quiet for a long time, music and vacation with my family have taken all time. But - back to the drawing-board again, here's my first finished painting in a while. Not all finished though, a few touch up's still needed.

I went through my photo-archives and found a photo I liked. Combined with another it made a nice ref to work from. I'm looking for new subjects to paint these days, have a few ideas ready - just need time to get the set ups done. It's very helpful to keep a database of reference photos, and mine keep growing. There's always debates going on about using photo as a painting tool rather than painting from life. To me, this is a great way to work as I prefer natural light for my set ups. As we all know, up here we just ain't got the sun every day...it is however important to always keep in mind that a camera won't see what the human eye can see, keeping a sketchbook with notes will help you remember what colors there really are. Especially colors of shadows won't appear in the photo.

This is done on Colorfix, 9x12" Unisons, Giraults and Ludwigs.