Rolling Apples

After a few days of chipping away, the apples are in a good place. As I mentioned in my last post, I have been working on a series of rolling apples on wooden panels. The panels are painted in acrylic and the apples are painted in oil. There are three panels total in this series.

I began with a swatch of all of the colors I started with

Building the base of color with oil paint

I worked on all of the panels together so they would be consistent

Three panels making progress

I wanted a playful coloring book look, so I painted dark green oil paint around each apple to define them.

I will be posting these on my main site soon once they dry (likely a week from now!). In the meantime, I have a great jewelry project coming up for the next post!

Apples

I am working on a series of paintings on plywood panels. This time I am planning on using a mix of oil and acrylic; acrylic base with oil on top. I am early in the process but am planning to paint 3 panels that include a series of rolling green apples.

Early planning stages - sketching apples

Preparing the panels with gesso.

:) To be continued....

James Chris

My dad cut me a bunch of plywood panels and I have been so excited to show you all what I have been working on to turn these panels into art! The flights were cancelled this weekend due to a tornado watch (in New York!) and our 4th of July plans were off, so I spent the time finishing up this painting I have been working on and sourcing some inspiration for my next project with my friend Erin.

I prepared the plywood panels with a thick coat of Blick Gesso.

This was my first time working with oils since college and it was fun to get back into it.

We've been going to a lot of museums lately and James always likes the portraits so I wanted to make him one of him.

The oil takes forever to dry!

There may be a few more adjustments but I am going to let this dry for now.