Dan P. Carr paints Borlotti Beans, part 1

Me painting a beautiful and delicious variety of French (Italian?) beans in September 2009. Here I sketch the composition and begin to set down the colors, "dead-color" being a layer on top of which will go the more exact coloring work later. Fairly boring even with all the off-camera color mixing edited out, but it hopefully shows the sort of trial and error at the start of what is never a scientific process for me. This first painting session totalled around 45 minutes. Oil on linen panel ...
Author: danpcarr; Tags: art oil painting vegetable still-life demo study artist




![iSketch [Zef, Dark, Brig and Sonic]](http://img.youtube.com/vi/MezdEnDCtUw/1.jpg)
![iSketch [Zef, Brig, Dark and Sonic]](http://img.youtube.com/vi/IKbqukyw_d0/1.jpg)












