Two tomatoes on a sarong
I intended this to be just a colourful painting, It was ok till I added the background. I painted the background yellow, then green, then panicked and painted it indigo. If it was done on the computer I would control Z a few steps and try turquoise.
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November 3, 2009 at 11:20 pm
janetedd
Despite your various attempts at the background (or maybe because of them) it works and accentuates the brightness of the sarong. Not sure why one has tomatoes on a sarong, but why not.
November 6, 2009 at 5:23 pm
vivienmr
It would be interesting to see the effect of a different coloured background, why don’t you photoshop some(eg, red?)? The sarong is colourful, its folds and stripes very realistic. I quite like the surreality(?) of tomatoes on a sarong, it makes you wonder why the situation happened.
November 10, 2009 at 8:39 am
suemiddlesex
I agree with Jane that the background really works, especially with the directional brush strokes. And I also agree with Viv, that the sarong comes across very well. Maybe this comment should come with a “nothing original to say” health warning.
November 11, 2009 at 5:12 pm
iskoglund
like the indigo background but would not have been so effective without the previous colours. I havent commented before now as I wanted to see what everyone else was saying about the mix of tomatoes and sarongs. Is the sarong yours ? Do you do the gardening in it humming a gentle Cariñosa while you flick away at the greenflies? Does this explain the tomatoes – I think we should be told.
November 11, 2009 at 8:09 pm
davidworth
I was casting around for a title. It was literally two tomatoes on a sarong which sounded quite amusing, so the title chose itself. Why tomatoes and a sarong? Because they were the most colourful things I could lay my hands on. I wanted colours which clashed hence the bright coloured background. Wish I left it now because it was better. yellow.
November 15, 2009 at 5:07 pm
sworth
Well, I’ll never know if the yellow as better, but the way the background is now looks pretty good to me. The painting has a feel of gauguin about it – a dusky maiden just paused in her gardening for a dip in the tropical pool (well, it’s a nicer mental image than dave swatting greenfly in a skirt!)