The Color of Light: An Artist's Blog

Henri Matisse once said "Cutting directly into color reminds me of a sculptor’s carving into stone". 

How true this rings for me! There's nothing quite as enjoyable as using bright, juicy color with abandon in a painting. And it can be a wonderful way to learn about color. Painting something simple such as round, colorful fruit is a great way to get to use vibrant color and practice painting light on an object. 

I love doing small studies of fruit. This was a relatively short studio session; I spent about an hour painting this small scene and loved cutting in those beautiful peaches.