A lemon, an onion & a pear…

A set of three quick still-life studies with a limited palette. LEMON Stretched canvas – 30cm X 30cm Paint Colours: Titanium white, raw umber, burnt umber, cadmium yellow light, raw sienna   ONION Stretched canvas 30cm X 30cm Paint colours: Titanium white raw umber burnt sienna burnt umber cadmium yellow light raw sienna permanent Alizarin crimson…

Senor Onion

After a sketching roots of irises and orchids I found I rather enjoyed drawing the higgeldy piggledy tangle the roots seem to get themselves into.  Rather than concentrating on colour I wanted to focus on a more monochromatic drawing and make the roots the central part of the sketch.  I decided an onion was good…