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Persimmons, not tomatoes, boy oh boy

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dmoosegang wrote
on 22 Mar 2011 11:36 PM
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Here's a piece my son teases me with by calling it the tomato painting.  They are actually persimmons.

It's done on a 15" x 15" masonite board that has been primed 3 times with gesso. and sanded to give me a really smooth finish.

I've done a rework to show more details within the leaves, but will be  a while before I can load them up.  In the mean time, here are some preliminary shots.

I've got the whole demo on my site that also shows how I primed the board using a roller.

 

I can include them here, but can't do it in one posting

 



Easy Oil Painting Techniques by Delmus

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dmoosegang wrote
on 20 May 2011 8:41 AM

 

Here's the reference for the painting.

 

 

and one of the preliminary under-paintings.

 

the dead layer

 

 

 

final completed with better details.

 

Check out the full demo here: easy oil painting techniques

 

 

 


Easy Oil Painting Techniques by Delmus

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Elizabeth Macchio wrote
on 20 May 2011 7:51 PM

Very Nice!!! I work on gessoed Masonite also but I do about 20 counts of watered down gesso with sanding between each coat till I get the finish I like... but anyway I love your persimmons..... I like the fact that you chose a lighter background than your reference photo. Keep painting

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firesignart wrote
on 7 Jun 2011 10:55 AM

beautiful!

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helenduring wrote
on 7 Jul 2011 12:42 AM
Stunning colour's but loose some of the fruit - I don't think you need to spell out every one but rather soften the edges of some , loose some into the shadows and find a hero or a focal point
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