Cuppa Cream and Sugar

What happens when you do two back to back workshops

and then try to incorporate the new information into your work?

It can get a little crazy and sometimes my work can get worse

for a while instead of better because it's messy and confusing to

change the way you paint.

Since I was really focused on color temperature changes and brushwork,

after I came home I decided to set up a still life as an exercise,

just focusing on those two things- temperature and brushwork-

and paint something I was familiar with and a set up of my own design.

To eliminate confusion I worked on a mid-tone gray palette and

stained my boards the exact same gray mid tone.

Then I did an experiment with different underlying colors in a 

monotone value painting and proceeded to try different color combinations,

trying to get them to harmonize.

After four of them I took it a step further and decided to try to ignore

subject matter altogether by taking a photo of my still life in black and white

and then working from the  photo upside down from a computer monitor.

That one ended up being my favorite,

maybe because the colors are more unexpected.

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Now I feel ready to move forward!

I appreciate your comments and would love to hear if you enjoyed hearing about my process.

Thanks!