A few weeks ago, I mentioned that I’m really not into still life painting.

I’m not sure what changed, but here are my last 3 paintings:

The idea of still life still doesn’t inspire me, but in practice, they are pretty enjoyable to paint, and very beneficial, as they don’t take too long, and painting from life is great practice for seeing colour accurately.

So now I’m thinking of other still life subjects I could try, let me know if you have any suggestions!

Learn to paint

In other news, I’m still planning on publishing some sort of painting lessons/tutorials on this site at some point. If you’re interested and keen to learn more, check out this page.

Follow me

And if you’re not already, why not follow me on Instagram (@danjohnsonart), where I post process shots like this, among other things:

Hope to see you there 🙂