Blue Sewing Box, 5×7″, oil on panel. Purchase here.

Well, another day another painting. This one is a small blue plastic box that holds a sewing kit. The background looks a lot more orange than it should, but this is a fair representation of it. This painting was done in 77 strokes in 45 minutes. Not too bad, but I’d like to get the stroke count down further. Looking at the image, I’m pleased with how the shadow turned out, very airy looking. The box turned out well. There are a few little things that could be remedied, like the overall sharpness of the edges around the perimeter of the box, must try and keep that in mind next time.

I also worked on a silverpoint drawing yesterday, this was the best photo I could get of it: