Tomato Sandwich - Progress on WIP's

Here is the reference photo I took some time ago for the painting below.

8" x 8" WIP

Still Using Acrylics here to get more detail before beginning to finish in oils tomorrow.

 The above is obviously the reference photo for the painting below.  I decided to leave out the knife.

This 8" x 8" WIP has more definition now than it did yesterday.   I took out the foreground tomato slice today; still using acrylics but will begin in oils for the next stage and the completion of the painting.

I hope you enjoy seeing the stages of how the paintings develop and the changes I make along the way.   I enjoy sharing and hope it helps young (or mature) emerging artists as a teaching tool.   Some artists prefer to sketch everything out in detail before the begin the actual painting; and that is fine, if you prefer to do it that way.   I like the freedom of developing the painting as I go and it gives it more of a fresh feel and approach for me.    One can, of course, call my reference photos my "sketch".   

Tomato Sandwich Anyone ?

Work in Progress 8" x 8"
Tomato Sandwich half
The 2 white blobs behind the sandwich will be salt and pepper shakers 

Work In Progress 8" x 8"
The Tomato sandwich in the making 

I love tomato sandwiches !  They are also quick and easy to make when you are in hurry.   I very seldom eat bacon now, for health reasons, but that is yummy with the tomatoes as well as lettuce  .....BLT sandwich !   Nowadays, I just eat the tomatoes alone on the sandwich, along with mayonnaise and salt and pepper.

I quickly and very roughly laid in color yesterday in acrylics, but will finish the above 2 paintings in oil with lots of detail.   I also began two other still life paintings as well yesterday which will also be finished in oil paints.  I worked some more on my  4" x 4" water hyacinth yesterday, but I am having trouble with the lavender color .... getting it just right in acrylics is not as easy as with oil paints.   Since it is part of an acrylic set of 4 paintings the same size, I am reluctant to finish the water hyacinth in oils.  Here is a photo of it....remember it is still a work in progress and is rather in a "rough" stage right now.

4" x 4" WIP
Water Hyacinth 

By the way, you may purchase a print of a photo I took of a water hyacinth at the Fine Art America link on this page , above and to the right .    Or  click here instead.      Thank you for viewing my art !

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Kiwi Treat

                                                      5" x 7" Acrylic on Raymar panel
                                                                       $95


My very first time to paint kiwi !   Will definitely paint more in the near future.  I also hope to paint more fruit and vegetables similar to this layout;  close-up and personal !   Hope you enjoy!   The kiwi was quite tasty, by the way!

Remember, shipping is always free (when the art is unframed) within the USA.   

"Texas" African Violet with Yellow Rose

                                                            5" x 7" Acrylic on canvas

                                                                     $195 framed

Finished this little gem this Monday evening, and it was so much fun.    I once owned over 100 African Violets and really enjoyed them and painted them frequently; did a whole series  of paintings based on the name of the African Violet and told a little story with the painting.  I still have several violets, but no where near 100.  I grow them under lights on a plant stand. 

This is a very special price for this painting;  I just feel in a generous mood.   Oval frames are difficult to find so I am selling it framed, and will  charge an additional $8.00 for shipping within the USA.  Contact me for  shipping charges if you live outside the USA.   reynoldsrenditions@gmail.com

"We're All In The Same Boat"

6"x8" Oil on Raymar Panel
$200

More grapes!  I had intended to put this glass gravy boat in a painting long before now.  The title is a little misleading, because three wayward grapes went their own way and jumped out of the boat!  Kind of like people and true life!

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"Hanging Out"

5"x7" Oil on Raymar panel
$150



This was such fun to paint!  I had not painted grapes in such a long time.   Hope you enjoy!

"Tropical Delight" 12" x 16" Oil/canvas

The main subject of this still life is the the dragon fruit, or red pitaya, sometimes called strawberry pear.
It is really quite tasty and nutritious and best eaten chilled.   The one here had white flesh with black seeds, but some have red or magenta flesh.   The fruit grows on a vining cactus, the most common called night blooming cereus which has large beautiful white flowers.    Actually, perhaps next post on this blog I will  show a painting of mine depicting this particular cactus flower.  There are a couple of places here in Honolulu where I go take reference photos of these flowers every July.     They are grown in tropical regions around the world and on the big island of Hawaii.     In Hawaiian they are known as Pa-nani-oka or as panini o kapunahou.   

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