Pretty flowers

Oil on board, 20 x 15 cm:

For a change, an outdoor scene. For this sort of thing I often prefer a far looser, impressionist sort of style. I based it on a reference photo I took in the garden of a local school; I noticed the girl intently staring at the flowers, haloed in rich light, and knew I wanted to try painting it.

Onion and herbs

Oil on board, 20 x 15 cm:

Eggs, bottle, pear.

Oil on board, 20 x 25 cm:

Egg cartons are surprisingly difficult to paint - I should do some more!

Pear and bottles

Oil on board, 15 x 20 cm (= about 6 x 8 inches):

Candy and Delftware

Oil on board, 15 x 20 cm (= about 6 x 8 inches):

Cloudy and drizzly weather today, so the light is no good for photography. And hence, the camera didn't really reproduce the picture all that accurately.

Mustard and apricot jam

Oil on board, 15 x 10 cm:

Next week, perhaps some larger ones again...

Egg, mushroom, tomato

Oil on board, 10 x 15 cm (= 4 x 6 inches):

One of the last cherry tomatoes sill on the last surviving plant before winter hits us here...