Dear Subscribers,

 

Greetings!

 

New still-life. The onion from last week was still looking nice...

The setup:

 
 

I know I'm going to have grapes in here but I don't actually have any on
hand. That's cool, grapes are fudge-able... especially dark vague ones.

 

First stage:

 
 

Getting composition and shape of shadow in.

 

 
 

 

Gotta have big piles of paint ready to go! Even with a little 8x8
painting:

 
 

 

Next stage:

 
 

Decide to get the background/foreground relationship sorted out before
going into the objects.

 

Next stage:

 
 

I want some thick paint, so at this point I put down the brush and start
in the with the knife.

 

Next stage:

 
 

 

Next stage:

 
 

 

And finally, to be debuting at my One-Man show
  in September, the finished
painting, "Lunaris" 
(8x8):

 

  

 

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The City Streets group show   opening
at Studio Gallery in SF was great! Got pretty crowded. They always put
on a great reception.

 

 
 

 

 
 

 

JUST SOLD!:


 
 

"High-Noon Streetcar"
  and "Stop"
  sold at Studio Gallery

 

  

"Market Night" 
sold at R.S. Hanna Gallery

 

Until next week,

David A. N. Cheifetz
www.davidcheifetz.com

 

 
 

 

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