avery

28/10/2025  decided i wanted to paint as i havent in a while. i think perfectionism has me in its grasp as i paint slower than id like and overthink it i think. so i decided to do a time based exercise like ive done with drawing but with oil paints. I didnt know whether to paint 4 different things for the same duration of time or do varied times and get longer.  When starting i decided to do 2 10minute of the same thing and then 2 20minutes of something else, but i ended up doing 4 10 minute paintings of the same thing, and i think it came out nicely...  I actually gave myself 10min 30sec, so i had a bit of set up / presketch time. i) not bad for first go. did quick presketch with a pencil. I added the background after the timer stopped on this one, as i kinda forgot about it and wanted something to contrast once id peeled the tape off ii) did the background 1st. also added shadowing below the fruit as i realised it was just kinda floating in space took a break in between...