110. After Paul Cezanne: The Blue Vase (1883-87)

(After Cezanne)

Unison Pastels on Clairefontaine Pastelmat, 8" x 8"

Hi Folks. Hope you are enjoying creating; I'm really impressed with all the artwork submitted to Leslie's challenge. I am also really grateful to you all for visiting my blog and leaving lovely comments - I find I'm thinking of you all when I'm painting/drawing and that's so inspiring - many thanks!

Today, I thought I'd go for something really lively. I'm constantly amazed that Cezanne was clever enough to create such busy paintings (in every sense) yet achieve such harmony! I've altered the colours slightly and also pushed together some of the elements; I hope I haven't gone too far! Have fun!

Original painting by Paul Cezanne

(Again, the work-in-progress images are set out below.)

Pencil under-drawing on Clairefontaine Pastelmat

Yummy blues!

Now for the bottom half...

Just the table top now...

Time to remove the masking tape

108. After Paul Cezanne: Painting - Still Life with Apples (1890)

(After Cezanne)

Oil on Pebeo Linen Canvas Board, 8" x 8"

The original painting by Paul Cezanne

Hi All. I've really enjoyed looking at the entries for Leslie's 30 in 30 challenge and can't believe how many people are involved this time. It's great to be part of it. Thank you to those of you who have taken the time to visit and comment on my blog, especially to Art Maine who added some verse - I love that!

Building on yesterday's drawing, above is my completed copy of Paul Cezanne's Still Life with Apples (1890), together with his original. Immediately below are some images of my work-in-progress.

64. Day Twenty-One: Work in Progress - Man with Eggs

Urban landscape, oil on 10" x 8" stretched canvas

I have been 'umming and ahh-ing' about posting this as it is not a new piece but a work in progress (see post number 60, Day 9).  However, since posting last time, I've added paint to the underdrawing, doing a little bit on it each day.  Eventually, I hope to show the gentleman in shade with the sun streaming in beside him on the grassy area.  For this, all the tones will have to be absolutely right.

I used MH Burnt Umber to put the darks in the foreground; isn't the colour rich and fabulous? I could have used Raw Umber but I'm hoping the intensity of the BU will make the subsequent blues look more vibrant. Seeing how luscious his RU and BU are, I am so tempted to buy his Burnt Siena, simply to experience the vibrancy of that colour in his range but maybe that's not a good reason to splash out on a tube of paint, even if it is only Series1. The website says: "Its tint power is noticeably stronger than the more opaque Earths." Gimme, gimme!!