What I did today in Sherrie McGraw's painting workshop

I think this was my favorite stage of the painting: the block-in.  I've got to figure out a way to keep the transparent block-in in the shadows without covering them up as I go.

At this point, I started adding in the background and foreground cloth colors with the white flower up front.  Sherrie came over and told me that it looked like I was "growing the drawing".  At that point, she took my larger bristle brush, loaded it with paint, and repainted my picture.  This is what it looked like with all the objects slightly smaller.

 Here is my finished still life after 1 full day.  The peony started wilting after lunch, so what started out as a fully open flower turned into one with most of the petals hanging down!

Sherrie McGraw Painting Demo April 30, 2012 at the Salmagundi Club workshop NYC

Here is Sherrie's painting demo from Monday where she introduced how to paint a still life in oils.  I love the close up of the peony.

This is the demo she did a couple nights later of a copper pot with some berries.  It was filmed and will be available on dvd.  I love all the palette knife work she did on the highlights of the pot.

Here is her palette and the painting below is one of her inspirations and hangs in the Salmagundi Club as well.