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Daily Painting: Fruit Bowl by Roger Light

Well, I have decided that this little fruit still life is complete. I like the texture and softness that the canvas I used has given this painting. I usually do my little daily painting on smooth, gessoed masonite board, so I am accustomed to more sharpness--but I actually like the softness of this.

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Many of these little still lifes come into being because I walk through the kitchen to get something and I notice that the light is hitting an object just right. I like to capture things with this natural light, so I grab my camera and take multiple photos. I know there are purists who will say that you must paint "from life" start to finish, without the aid of photographs, but I disagree. My paintings are lit from natural light flooding through windows and hitting my subjects. This light changes minute by minute and if you set up an easel and start painting in your kitchen, two things happen: you annoy the heck out of your family as they have to walk around you to get food and 2) the light changes on you as you are painting the still life, causing it to look muddled as you correct for the changing shapes and directions of the shadows.

Purists should bear in mind that photography is in itself an art form, so creating a focused little painting from a photo one has taken is a perfectly legitimate artistic endeavor involving two art forms: photography and painting. Having said that, it is still helpful and important to have the real subject handy to refer to when your doing the actual painting, to supplement what you are getting from looking at the photo. One more point about this: looking at the photo on my computer is always superior to printing it and looking at the hard copy. The screen re-creates the light and vibrancy that I was so taken with when I first captured the composition--and it is essential to creating a compelling painting.

Roger Light

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Peppers

These are both 4 inch X 4 inch oil paintings that I did this week. I am now selling my daily paintings through the dailypaintworks site.

These were a lot of fun to paint. Peppers make fun paintings because they are so colorful and they have great highlights and shadows to work with. If you have an interest in purchasing these, click on this link: http://www.dailypaintworks.com/artists/rlight-1885

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Here is the completed vintage movie stars painting

Very close to finishing the giant vintage movie star painting! Video post coming soon!

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My First Entry

This is the first entry into my daily paintings blog. I hope to make this a fun place to check out interesting paintings. I really love the daily painting movement and am very happy to be joining it. I also have a blog titled livepaintings and another called chatthamgallery. Check them out!
My first daily painting is coming soon!