Cherry in That Cookie

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Oil on Illustration Board

I'll be back with some more Loomis studies but for now here's a cookie for you to look at.

Not Just a Donut....

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Oil Paint on Masonite

It's not just a donut....it's a Dunkin' Donut. Toasted Coconut to be exact. This was a small alla prima demo I did. Illustrators usually have a mess of preliminary work to do from thumbnails to sketches to revisions to color comps to finals to reproduction and sometimes to design layout.

It isn't very often that we get a chance to work alla prima. It's fun to play with paint for an hour or two while studying light and form on objects. It's especially fun when you can eat it later. My favorite part of working this way is the free nature of the product. If the painting doesn't work out....who cares? It didn't take that long. Move on....

Shoo-Fly Pie

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This is a little ode to home. Growing up in Lancaster County I stuffed myself with whoopie pies, shoo fly pies and chicken pot pie. Here I cut a piece out (the rest went to my students) set it on a white background with a strong light. It's tough trying to give each brown a character of it's own but I think I managed all right for an hour painting. Next time I think I'm going to have to paint some wilbur buds.....now that's directly from my hometown of Lititz. Mmmmmm.

Whoopie Pies in Thought

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This was a quick little demo I did on Alla Prima painting with my students. I wanted to play with some vibrant colors so I found a bright green envelope in the office and set up the pies. The pies took on a reddish glow which complements nicely on canvas. I didn't spend too much time on this so it's pretty rough.

Valentine's Cookies

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These little guys were painted for an in class demo on oil painting. I set up several different combinations with different cookies and chose the one on the top and another one for the bottom. It was slowly turning into a disaster so I wiped the bottom cookie and replaced it with the jelly filled. And I did eat them after.