Friendly Pears

Friendly Pears

11 x 14

Acrylic on Canvas Panel

Having cleaned out my art room to make space and get organized for the new year...

 I stumbled across some old paintings I had done a couple years ago...

looking at them now, I thought...

wow, I think I could make that much better.

So I used the original painting as an underpainting and went to work...

originally it had a black background and gray table...

had a blah look just the pears in a light gray bowl.

First thing I did was change the color of the background with a chocolate color

and added a beige tone to the table.

Then I decided the pears looked lonely in the bowl...

they needed some other friends. 

I added the lemon and cherries to give another dimension of color to the painting. 

I then changed the color of the bowl to some darker shades of blue

and added some in the shadow and added some other greens to the pears...

it was like giving them a complete makeover.

The original was just taking up space in storage

I am far happier with the painting now than the original,

... well at least till next year!!! ;)

Next time I do this I will be sure take a photo of the before so you can see all of the differences,

it is now a completely different painting than what I started with!

The point is that it is fun to see how far you come

and with some practice and learning new technique

you can actually see your progress when you look back

I realize i need to continue to practice  mixing colors,

but the fun part of exploring is to mix away and see what you get.

It's all part of the journey.... enjoy it!!!