HomeGrown

'Homegrown' - Acrylic ACEO - Work in progress
(ACEO are collectable art Cards sized 2.5 x 3.5 inches)

My Mum brought some of her home grown tomatoes over at the weekend so I took three into the studio and started a new ACEO. I'm posting it now in this stage, just 5 mins into the piece, because it is a whole new approach for me, blocking colours in with no sketch, working loose and I love the look. It appears my summer sketching has allowed me the confidence to approach painting differently, the detail freak still lingers within and I am not done with her yet but I get so much enjoyment out of working this loosely. My recent self portraits in acrylic were created the same way and I think this technique is born of my sub conscience aim to tackle oils again this Winter, I had but a short time with them after last Christmas before my Location sketching began.



I managed to capture the tomatoes again in my small moleskin sketchbook, this time in ink and coloured pencil.

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