Still life with apple

Working on a larger apple painting at the moment, but today I painted this little apple study on mdf board. I tried a different approach than my default way of painting, by using more paint and less medium. This gives the paint a more structured surface. I also left the mdf board blank, ie I didn't paint in the background, just to try out the effect...

Still life with apple, 17x18 cm.

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Figure painting: violinist

Not a lot of time to paint today, so I did this quick sketch of a violin player (from reference photo). Have been drawing figures a lot recently and hope to do more of these sketches in paint...

Figure painting: violinist, 30x27? cm.

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Still life with two apples

Still testing the light in my new studio in the Bottelstraat (Nijmegen). Yesterday I painted these two apples, one of which has intentionally been left in the sketching phase which creates an interesting contrast...

Still life with two apples, 17x18 cm.

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Still life pumpkins

Yesterday I did this test painting in my new studio in the Bottelstraat in Nijmegen. I used the lighting present there to paint this nightly still life sketch with pumpkins...

Still life pumpkins, 30x35 cm.

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