Still Life

Copyrights

loveart1 — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 21:00:19 GMT

I was just wondering about the copyright issues of a photograph and drawing from it. If I found a photograph of a women's face on Google, can I draw that face and upload it to Artists Daily, as well as Society6 for sale? Or, do I need to contact the one who took the photo and ask permission? What if you cannot find that contact info? Thanks, just curious, Donna

"Bus"

Charlie Gunn — Wed, 15 May 2013 17:43:26 GMT

"Bus", 9" x 12" acrylic on mat board, 5-14-2013

"Evening Tea"

jonallerpaintings — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 23:28:33 GMT

Hi everyone today i'm sharing a still life I recently finished, it's not my regular alla prima's that I post on here. This painting took much longer to complete than just one session, I look to my alla primas more of a way of practicing and experimenting to enhance my knowledge of painting. My true love of painting lies within these type of paintings and figurative ones as well. The size of this painting is 14 x 18 inches on linen. Thanks for stopping by and would love to hear your comments.

"Tool Belt"

Charlie Gunn — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 14:24:31 GMT

"Tool Belt " 16" x 12" watercolor 10-04-2011

Night for You

Mike2010 — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 21:40:48 GMT

Hi everyone, I would post a picture of my work and see what you all think. Night for you a romantic scene...

Oil on Canvas 16 x 20

Thank you for stopping by and commenting, Mike

see my work at http://www.chapleart.com

"Mama's Tools"

Charlie Gunn — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 14:02:06 GMT

"Mama's Tools" 12" x 16" watercolor 11-19-2011

"Cream Separator"

Charlie Gunn — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 19:08:21 GMT

"Cream Separator" 9" x 12" acrylic on mat board. 3-16-2013

new still life objects

AlethaK — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:54:46 GMT

Every so often I revisit the thrift stores in search of new still life objects, and rarely do I leave empty handed. My most recent trips were no exception. And now in turning to still life again, I have a bunch of brand new-to-me things to look at and study. I first use them to make drawings. I want to understand each object a little better before I commit to doing a large still life set up or a complicated painting. So, that's what I'm doing lately -- turning my new still life stuff round in my mind, examining the possibilities for each thing, getting ideas. I write about some of this at my blog.

Sometimes I draw in pen, as in the notebook drawing above. Sometimes I use other media and focus on individual objects. But I love to plan and dream before I paint. http://alethakuschan.wordpress.com/2012/11/20/taste-testing/

"Did You Mail My Letter?"

Charlie Gunn — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 15:03:39 GMT

"Did You Mail My Letter?", 15" x 11" mixed media, 1-19-2013

"Did You Mail My Letter?"

Charlie Gunn — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:36:20 GMT

"Did You Mail My Letter?", 15" x 11" mixed media, 1-19-2013

Everything is Practice for Everything Else

AlethaK — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 19:48:52 GMT

I have painted many still lifes over time, and I like to approach the genre differently at different times. Because it's not always possible for me to paint at the same time each day (for uniform light), I sometimes "practice" the subject by using other media that are quicker, less complicated and more convenient to use. The above drawing is a study made using oil pastels. The size is very nearly one-to-one relative to a painting I'm working on so this is a especially relevant "rehearsal."

Each time I look at the still life motif, I get a better understanding of the relationships between the objects. And I enjoy redoing the same motif again and again using different media as I "learn" the features of my objects. It's very similar to rehearsing a piece of music. Studies like this are unfinished. I am not going back into the drawing to tidy up each loose end -- and yet I like the "unfinish" of a study and find that it has a charm all its own.

I honed in on just the condensed milk can in this drawing made using water soluble crayons. Each medium has unique characteristics. By making lots of drawings "around" the motif, I learn more about what I'm seeing -- I learn to examine the "spaces between spaces." And all of these forms of practice enlarge all one's skills.

Whenever you are observing things closely and recording your perceptions as carefully as you can, you are learning. Whenever you are drawing you are learning. Whenever you are looking more and more closely, you are learning. And I want to be often learning.

Still life paintings for the Santa Fe Artists Medical Relief christmas auction.

dfinkeldei — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 19:31:50 GMT

I don't usually do still life as I am a landscape painter... but I wanted something green and red for Christmas.

6 x 6 inches (format for the auction exhibition

Then, I decided to do a larger one because it was so much fun. 12 x 16 inches

"Days of Wine and Roses"

Charlie Gunn — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 14:28:30 GMT

"Days of Wine and Roses", 20" x 24" acrylic on canvas board, 5-02-2012

"Hook and Block"

Charlie Gunn — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 18:12:04 GMT

"Hook and Block", 16" x 12" acrylic on caves board, 2-18-2012

"Leaves"

Charlie Gunn — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 14:27:12 GMT

"Leaves" 9" x 3-3/4" acrylic on wood 1-29-2012

"Old Lantern"

Charlie Gunn — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 22:36:54 GMT

"Old Lantern" 9" x 12" watercolor 3-4-2011

"Plant"

Charlie Gunn — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 19:40:59 GMT

"Plant" 12" x 18" watercolor 2-21-2011

Violin & Peppers

j.b2 — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:37:07 GMT

This violin was my mother's. She always enjoyed bell peppers. She said she wanted to come back as a pepper.

18 x 24 oil on canvas..

Enjoy...

Fruit and pitcher

peebee44 — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 22:27:16 GMT

76cm x 61cm acrylic on stretched canvas

First serious still life

Paul

www.acrylic-artist.com

Glazing practice with pears. size 12x9 oils

eubie — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 18:12:20 GMT

"Ranunculus"

jonallerpaintings — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 23:29:56 GMT

New alla painting of the day, this time of ranunculus flowers. Had a lot of fun painting this one, hope to do more in the near future. Enjoy!

"Mixed Tomatoes II"

jonallerpaintings — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:13:38 GMT

"Mixed Tomatoes II"
8 x 10 in
Oil on Canvas Panel
If interested you can go to my blog and check out the making of this painting, but only if your interested

Tomatoe study done in oil on panel 5x7

eubie — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:10:43 GMT

"Mixed Tomatoes"

jonallerpaintings — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 05:03:01 GMT

Alla Prima painting of "Mixed Tomatoes" 8 x 10 inches on canvas panel.

"Italian Sundae"

jonallerpaintings — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:35:10 GMT

A different subject matter that I painted yesterday for my alla prima's. My mouth was watering the whole time painting it. As always you can view the making of this painting at my blog. Thanks for viewing and hopefully you got hungry as well.