Setting up a still life

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This painting, "Fast Food/Still Life," has been an idea I have had for quite some time. It has been lingering in my mind for a little over a year. I decided to act and follow through the idea and realize the picture. I wanted to treat the subject like a classical still life painting, and focus on the objects. I chose fast food because it is so ubiquitous and not something that would normally be treated to a still life, plus I loved all of the hidden extras that fast food comes with…

Richard Robinson explains how to improve your still life painting practices with an exercise on light.

Mary Aslin - Blog: Inexpensive and functional still life setup

Learn how to find the right objects and the best ways to set up a successful still life composition, including how to plan the lighting. Then learn the steps to get ready to sketch, draw, or maybe even paint it.

Inspired by Casey’s success with the Carder Method and frustrated with my own slow progress at oil painting, I bought the Carder Method video and Color Checker tool. Below are step by step p…

Preserved lemons or Hamad Mraquade, fermented lemons typical from Moroccan cuisine with an intense lemon flavour, lightly bitter and salty.

These images were created to glamorize and entice the audience to give into their urges. To give in and indulge. It's unhealthy and addictive but it's also so wonderfully awful.

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