Beginning a study of the black teapot with flowers … it gives me more material for the big still life painting that’s in the works. This is the first pass. Making the studies of the various items is essentially “painting a day.” But these are not ends in themselves. The studies are rehearsals. And they are fun too. They can have a lot of freedom. It is painting for painting’s sake.
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