Wednesday, September 3, 2014

#48. Onions are for Eating


September 2nd, 2014: Oil on Board, 8" x 10".  My Mom gave me these big, beautiful onions from her garden (mine didn't do so well this year) and I felt compelled to paint them before we ate them.  I love the contrast between the round, smooth onions and the tangle of dried leaves.  
I also experimented with pulling a monotype from this painting.  There is stage in my painting process where I tend to blot at my underpainting with tissue, but the tissues look so cool I thought I would try it with some rice paper.  I lost some of my darks and some detail so I'm thinking of touching it up a bit, perhaps with some ink drawing before I call it done.  To be shared when I finish it.

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