Still Lifes

[Jim]

My daughter has got into painting lately and also been encouraging me to join in at the same time, so I've been doing these "found still life" paintings based on our cluttered shelves (no posing!).

They're about 15cm square, mixed media (Acrylic, ink, watercolour, crayon, glitter...), and I'm aiming to do 12 of them so I can make a calendar for myself for next year (will run out of "found" compositions though, and have to start posing them).

#1: Still life with books, Buddha, leaves, a shell, a GBA SP with Pokémon Leaf Green inserted and Action Master Shockwave

[Jim]

#2: Still life with books, bottle, pebble, pine cone and Quickmix

[Jim]

#3: Still life with books, aroma diffuser, red tape, brackets and screws, a postcard of Blockadestilleben by Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, and the Autobot Race Car Patrol

[Andy Turnbull]

Lovely stuff.

[The Doctor]

AM Shockwave!!!

-Ralph

[Jim]

The best Shockwave!

I bought a tube of flourescent orange acrylic especially for those two square centimetres or so...

[tomwe]

wow! love these

[Jim]

#4: Still life with fan, lantern, books, cup, Korg Ca-1chromatic tuner, tuning fork, and the Autobot Air Patrol

[Jim]

#5: Still life with books, orchid, CD player, candle, spiral hair band, and Catilla

[Bogatan]

Lovely.

I think the Race car Patrol ones my favourite so far.

[Jim]

Thanks, the race car patrol one is my favourite so far as well!

[Andy Turnbull]

Is that I. Claudius at the bottom of the book pile there?

[Jim]

Apr 27, 2020 9:38:02 GMT Andy Turnbull said:

Is that I. Claudius at the bottom of the book pile there?

Oooh, close! It's Claudius the God. I, Claudius is the one on top.

[Jim]

#6: Still life with books, pine cone, triptych postcard of “Mountain and River on the Kuso Road” by Hiroshige, screwdriver, box of plasters, necklace with cross, and Fireflight and Drag Strip

Colored pencil, watercolour, ink, and acrylic on paper, 2020

[Jim]

only just realised how murky some of these look when viewed on the desktop. Really ought to scan them rather than depend on my phone camera

[The Doctor]

They are good.

-Ralph

[Jim]

#7: Still life with basil plant, CDs, tennis ball, glass of water, cigar with case, and Cindersaur

Watercolour, acrylic, ink, marker, on paper

[Jim]

Fallen a bit behind on this!

#8: Still life with Russian dolls, apple, clementine, wooden bowl, dominoes, paper clips, and the Astro Squad

Acrylic, watercolour, wax crayon, and ink on paper, 15x15cm, 2020

[Jim]

#9: Still life with corkscrew, moka, bottle of pear liquor, bottle of cooking rum, paper bags, lime, garlic, and Runamuck

Acrylic, watercolour, ink, wax crayon, and gel markers on paper, 15x15cm, 2020

[The Doctor]

Runamuck!

-Ralph

[Jim]

#10: Still life with wine bottle, heather, ash tray, matchbox, notebook, pen, and Crosshairs

Acrylic, ink, watercolour, and wax crayon on paper, 15x15cm, 2020

[Jim]

#11: Still life with Atari 2600 controller and games, vase with forsythia, UK electrical adapter, LEGO box, lunaria (?) leaves, and Gears

Acrylic, ink, watercolour, wax crayon, and white glitter on paper, 15x15cm, 2021

With some assistance from my daughter in composition and suggestions on how to paint it!



This one scanned _terribly_, the colours are much more vibrant in real life. Don't know what happened there.

The worse-for-wear Gears pictured here is my first ever Transformer - the crutch I made for him already when I was a boy from some thin card and silver spray paint.

[Pinwig]

The joystick of joysticks...

[Bogatan]

Gears crutch is amazing. And the painting of Gears is great too.

Crosshairs is doing my head in, it all optical illusionary. I keep thinking Im looking at a Crosshairs painted with acrylics rather than a painting of Crosshairs in acrylics.

[The Doctor]

Gears crutch is the sensational character find of 2021.

-Ralph

[Jim]

#12: Still life with candle, orange, walnuts, playing cards, books, bauble, and Doubledealer

Acrylic, wax crayon, watercolour, and ink on paper, 15x15cm, 2021

[Jim]

When painting Doubledealer
I had, of course,
To reference the cartoon
Super God Masterforce!

Overall I am pleased
With this bunch of knick knacks,
The candle was coloured
With crayons of wax

But if there is one thing
That does make me cringe
It's the misshapen form
Of the orange

[Jim]

#13: Still life with square plant pot, basil, vases, dish, secateurs, sprayer, and the Autobot Construction Patrol

Acrylic, watercolour, wax crayon, marker pen, ink, and coloured pencil on paper

[The Doctor]

You should reprint these in a Still Life fanzine.

-Ralph

[Andy Turnbull]

Agreed!