Jimi Hendrix

I'm working on a large painting of Jimi Hendrix as a surprise for my husband. It's in oils and I'm really enjoying the process. You can see it here on my larger painting blog. I posted 3 images to show the stages of the painting. It still has a long way to go.
I'll be working on my daily paintings during drying times.

paper bags

5 1/2" by 7" daily pastel painting, unframed

I took a bunch of photos last night with a bright light casting shadows of the bags, in hopes of creating an interesting composition. This is the one which I thought looked best out of 5 that I took.

I painted it this morning using the photo for reference.

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crumpled bag

5" by 7" daily pastel painting, unframed

I couldn't find anything to place in the bag today so I decided to paint the bag itself. Useful things aren't they. While painting various bags I've realized how we'd have to adjust quite a bit without these inventions.

I'm also trying to make better use of them by reusing them as often as possible.
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cherries in a bag

5 1/2" by 8" daily pastel painting, unframed

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kiwifruit in a bag

5" by 7" daily pastel painting, unframed

For some reason this one was more of a challenge than the plastic bags in the previous paintings which seems a bit odd to me. Since the bag and the table were both brown it took a while to decide if I wanted to use similar hues and I think it worked out fairly well.
When I went to the supermarket yesterday my plan was to buy some cherries to paint but they are not in season here. I went to Whole Foods Market today and of course they had cherries . . . for $6.95 a pound! Yikes. I bought them and they'll taste delicious when I finish painting them.

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onion bagel in a bag

7" by 5" daily pastel painting, unframed

I had so much fun painting the last bagged still life so here's my bagel in a bag. This just may be the beginning of a series of bagged stuff.

Part of my collection at the Preservation Framer in North Attleboro, MA.

bagged onion

5" by 7" daily pastel painting, unframed

I searched around the kitchen today looking for my next composition and almost neglected this onion which I bought at the supermarket the night before (I don't always put things away immediately).
The bag was a bit of a challenge. I hope it comes across as a plastic bag. If I were to paint it over again I would paint the entire onion first and then lightly suggest the bag over it.

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red peppers

5" by 7 " daily pastel painting, unframed

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peeled orange

5" by 7" daily pastel painting, unframed

I've been setting up my still lifes and working directly from them. I used to take photos and use them as a reference but I'm realizing that working from a 3 dimensional subject is a much better starting point.

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