Category Archives: Still Life

Setting the Table

Posted on January 11, 2023 by Sarah Sullivan

We had a nice bouquet of flowers with lovely late afternoon light. I sat down to sketch it, and before I knew it, it was time for dinner.

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Kitchen Table

Posted on December 29, 2022 by Sarah Sullivan

The table and flowers are from this week’s Tuesday night still-life session. Because I like to include something of my own, I added our kitchen as a background.

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An Afternoon in Winter

Posted on December 21, 2022 by Sarah Sullivan

Even in San Diego, the afternoon light becomes softer and more diffuse.

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Winter Fruit

Posted on December 14, 2022 by Sarah Sullivan

Most Tuesday evenings, I participate in a Tuesday night still-life group that meets online. This week we had a bowl with deep murky colors, a white table cloth and lots of fruit. I used a large full sheet of Art … Continue reading →

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Leaves

Posted on December 7, 2022 by Sarah Sullivan

Another artist placed a sprig of fig leaves on dark fabric for our Tuesday night Zoom still-life group. Her lamp lit the fabric in a way that suggested the feeling of looking out a winter window.

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Getting Ready

Posted on November 30, 2022 by Sarah Sullivan

The holidays are coming, and what better to paint for our still-life Tuesday than poinsettias?

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Grapes in a Bowl

Posted on November 22, 2022 by Sarah Sullivan

We had large, lovely grapes in a bowl for our Tuesday night Zoom still-life subject. I liked how the artist who set it up arranged the grapes with a gentle diagonal between the green and red grapes.

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