My first still life after August in Indiana. Got back to my studio and was feeling pretty good! Decided to try a big still life. It was awful! Way to literal. Instead of scraping it, I just decided to use tissue paper and flick it lightly all over the painting..... It blurred the edges, spread the paint and gave me an almost abstract image. Went back today after a week and worked a little on the apples, especially the red one in an attempt to bring it into focus, creating an edge, and pitting light against dark and position it in one of the hotspots on the canvas. It was really fun to be this loose! Gonna look at this awhile and I'm already seeing things I might work on it a bit.
