Monday, February 21, 2011

"Tea and Lemon"




Oil on 5x7 gessobord

I was going to put tea in this cup for the painting, but there is a rose painted on the inside as well as on the outside, and I wanted it to show. The scalloped edge, and rippled shape were a challenge, but I found that if I didn't try too hard to make it perfect, it looked better.

6 comments:

  1. Beautiful and delicate.
    Wonderful technique Debbie!

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  2. You paint the delicate china so beautifully, Debbie. I like the teabag in the cup; it gets the message across perfectly. Even the table top is shiny and the lemon is gorgeous.

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  3. Another of your beautiful tea cups. It still amazes me how you paint them so beautifully.

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  4. BEAUTIFUL! The cup is pretty detailed and perfect, and yet the yellow lemon on the left really has the limelight...or lemonlight...you know what I mean! It looks like you could squeeze it and get juice!

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  5. You all send the greatest comments! Thank you thank you!!

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  6. So beautiful! The cup is delicate, dainty and lovely. Great job on the shadows and highlights. I love how the lemon on the left has bright light on one side and falls into shadow on the other side. Well done!

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