Last night some friends and I got together to have a super art night. Its been a long time since the previous Art Night 2005. My friends are really artsy and have their house decorated with various assorted paintings and mixed media awesomeness. Watercolors is my weapon of choice but last night I decided to make the plunge into the world of oil paints. Coming from the world of watercolors I didn't really have a clue how to mix the goopey greasey oil paint into proper shades... I ended up deciding on two small paintings.
The first subject was taken from a RollingStone magazine- Its the avacado cover from the new Pearl Jam record. I'm trying to study the way light and shape works so a fruit or something works out great. The avocado turned out pretty good. Mixing the paint to get the right shades and colors wasn't that hard I guess.
Then I went ahead and painted a tomato. It looked pretty good. The background was textured and was mildly interesting. In both of the paintings I used opposite colors to make the subject stand out from the background. It was a good experiment.
I guess I'll post pictures of them once they dry.
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