Gardening with Scottie – Demonstration

Winter is a great time to work on still life paintings.  I usually look for a theme when I create a still life.  In this case, it was set up as if I were planning out my garden for the spring.  Actually, I do this but not quite as formally.

I initially set up the still life without the tray but added it to bring the background together.  As you can see, I also changed the color of the background to be more peachy-rose rather than the ochre color fabric.  Hey, it’s my painting; I can do what I want!  This is oil on a 20×20 canvas.