Candy Wrapper, Old Orange

More of the trash items, big flat brush, black gesso. I was aiming for strong color with grey, just to see how it works, maybe. Or doesn't work.

Pansies and Cornflower

This was done on black gesso, some bits showing through.

California Lemons in Glass Bowl

More. Really tried to keep those edges soft as I worked them, rather than cleaning them up afterward, which produces a sort of dreadful .... wiping mark, yech.

Bowl of Grapes and Persimmon

This is a painting I did last week and didn't like so much because of its stiffness and the slight wonk of the bowl, but am now posting because everything I did today was worse. I decided the best way to loosen up is not to be afraid of not making a "good" painting, and so just do several no pressure exercises taking chances and seeing where things go. And so I did not get a good painting! Back at it again tomorrow.

Plastic Bowl Number 8

This one was......fun!

(Bwha - ha - ha, only 2 more to go!)

Plastic Bowl Number 6

Ai yi yi, 10 is a lot of bowls. Thanks you guys who are keeping me pumped for the duration.

The bowls get easier, slightly. It turns out this sort of curve is called a chord ( a strait line connecting the ends of an arc in mathematics) and is just impossible any way you do it!! What was I thinking...