Baked Goods

A group of us have been getting together Monday nights at a local church hall to paint, draw or whatever in the hopes that it will motivate us to continue creating and improving. I was in a hurry to get there, didn't have a reference photo handy, so I grabbed a wrinkled bag of flour and a measuring cup on the way out. What can I say, we don't have a lot of knickknacks around the house to use as still life subjects.

5x7 Acrylic on Canvas Board

Things To Work On: The composition could have been better. I should have tried some different arrangements, but I pretty much set the objects down and started painting. I'm not happy about the middle area where the spout overlaps the bag. A better layout would have helped. As well, a bit of darker shadow under the flour bag would is make it look less like it is floating.

This painting took a little less than 2 hours, though we did talk a bit so maybe it was closer to 1½. I painted quickly and didn't worry much about details, and had a good night painting with friends.