I always set up a still life before I start painting and paint from life. I work out the composition, color, and values before I draw it on the board. In this case my intention was to leave out the tape, but I decided to include the tape as a painting of the drawing board study.
Again, I started with wallpaper and painted in the design in black and white. It is the same design I used in Magnolia In Window, my previous post. I painted in the green tape making sure it looked translucent. Then I taped off the white square and glazed it in white to look like the wax paper in the original study. I cut out the triangle and Swiss cheese from ¼” gesso board, sanded the edges, and painted the black and white pattern on to each object. Then I glazed over the triangle and cheese with their local colors, letting the color from underneath show through. You can see a little more of the pattern in the cheese in real life. Why Swiss cheese? I was making a sandwich and noticed the cheese was translucent and decided why not. I have geometric shapes on biomorphic shapes and the cheese jolts you and hopefully makes you smile a little.
You can see the 1/4” beveled edge and the sides are painted white so no frame is needed.
Oil on gesso deep cradle board
16" X 16" X 1.75"
$1600.00, plus shipping
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