DJ Geribo

Last week I visited with my friend Shirley and she had a still life of vegetables set up. I used oils, something I want to use more often (I also use water-soluble oils but many people have suggested I use the regular oils because of their lush quality). Although she had an off-white table cloth with an off-white background, I made my foreground and background more colorful. And when I got home, I changed the color again. I love the old-world style of painting that David Leffel has in his works and I decided to go more for that. I did the foreground but decided that I'm also going to add a darker background. And since I'm still getting used to oils (I have been using acrylics more than any other medium recently) I'm making very slow progress on the vegetables. It also doesn't help that not only do I not have a photo of the still life we set up (I forgot my camera!) but I do not have the vegetables. So, I'm painting from memory. I think I'll have to take a trip to the supermarket!