Laraine Armenti

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Bananas and Blue Napkin

February 26, 2009 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

Bananas and Blue Napkin, oil on paper, image 6.5 x 8.25 in, (16.5 x 21 cm), 02/19/2009 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Oil, Painting, Still-life Indoor Tagged With: banana, blue napkin, clementine, green apple

Bananas and Blue Napkin

February 23, 2009 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

For my recent series of oil paintings on paper, I prepared Arches 300 lb. cold press watercolor paper with two or three coats of acrylic matte medium. Re-reading notes from a workshop, I discovered that the recommendation was for one coat of matte medium followed by two coats of acrylic gesso. No wonder too much oil was being absorbed from the paint. Learn by doing — that's what works. ABOVE: … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Oil, Painting, Still-life Indoor, Writing / Poetry Tagged With: apple, bananas, blue napkin, clementine, lemon

Bananas and Teapot

February 23, 2009 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

Bananas and Teapot, oil on paper, image 6.5 x 8.25 in, (16.5 x 21 cm), 02/16/2009 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Oil, Painting, Still-life Indoor Tagged With: banana, blue napkin, teapot

Bananas and Bureau

February 1, 2009 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

Bananas on Bureau, oil on paper, image 6.5 x 8.25 in, (16.5 x 21 cm), 01/30/2009 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Oil, Painting, Still-life Indoor Tagged With: banana, blue napkin, bureau, green apple, pear

Still-life with Blue Napkin and Coconut

November 17, 2008 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

For a long time, I've been disappointed when my oil paintings did have the dynamic energy of my drawings. In this painting, that convergence is happening. This painting also shows the use of a natural glance for the casual arrangement of objects in the composition. Making gouache copies from master's paintings is proving not only to be fun and engaging but also to have unexpected benefits that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Drawing, Ink, Oil, Painting, Still-life Indoor, Writing / Poetry Tagged With: banana, blue napkin, coconut, garlic, green apples

Bananas and Blue Napkin

November 10, 2008 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

Bananas and Blue Napkin, gouache, 7 x 9.5 in (17.78 x 24.13 cm), 10/27/08 Bananas and Blue Napkin, pencil, 5 x 8.5 in (12.7 x 21.59 cm), 10/27/08 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Drawing, Gouache & Watercolor, Graphite, Painting, Writing / Poetry Tagged With: banana, blue napkin, knife, thumbnail

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