Tuesday, October 4, 2011

CALIENTE
by Claire Beadon Carnell
100 Paintings in 100 Days Challenge
'Inspirations from a Back Yard'
94/100

'Caliente'
Oil on ACEO Card
2.5 x 3.5
94/100

Day 94


I placed this little cayenne pepper on the edge of
my table easel as I was setting up the area where I
wanted to paint.  When I looked up and saw the way the
 light was hitting the pepper, as well as the
great shadows from the light - I decided to leave it
right where it was! 

I had fun working the abstract shapes of the pepper's
'wrinkles' - keeping it loose, and not getting too
picky.  What do you think?



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4 comments:

Cecelia Lyden said...

Loose is good--the pepper is great.

Deborah Nell said...

Great chile. Love the highlights.

Debra Kreiger said...

Love it Claire! Nice bumps and dips!

Christine Marx said...

This is great Claire! It's beautiful.