Day 1: An Old Favorite

Corn’s been a favorite subject of mine. I’d bought a bagful a week ago, meaning to do an elaborite still life, with gladiolas and gloriosa daisies and…. But it turned out to be an unexpectedly busy week. “Ob-stackles” (as they’d say in that movie “O Brother, Where Art Thou?”). The gladiolas died, but the corn in the bag in the fridge still looks OK for painting. And since the clouds were threatening rain here, I decided to start a new – and small-ish – painting in the comfort of my studio.

Here’s my setup:

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