Day 16: Reworked Peach Study and Study of Grapes

Low Key Peach Study (reworked) 8 x 10

I reworked the background on this to have a "less scratchy" feel.

Then, I worked on the transparency of grapes.
Here is what I tried: the side of the grape that is nearest the light source is dark. The side away from the light has warmth and most of the grapes have some solo areas.

Much better than my previous tries (one of which is under this one)
The grapes are only 5 x 7

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Day 14: Peaches and Ball Jar

Peaches and Ball Jar/ oil on board/ 8 x 10

I have a new plate with a beautiful gold rim that these peaches look fabulous on. My painting of this, however, not so much.
So, a day behind on the thirty paintings in thirty day challenge, I set about peaches and a ball jar (I have painted these before.)
I am pretty happy with this so I will add it to Leslie's page and put it for sale tomorrow.
Thanks for looking!!
Here are the other day 13 images

You can purchase this here

Soft Peaches Study

Soft Peaches Study/ oil on board/ 8 x 10

Day 4 of the challenge.
My challenge for this painting was to capture the "softness" (and the beautiful color) of these peaches. I thought the soft fruit needed a "soft" background. This beautiful grey is a mixture of viridian, transparent oxide red and white: some areas also have a little cobalt blue added.

See the other day 4 paintings here