Chardonnay

Here's a small oil painting that I started using brushes but finished it with a palette knife.  I like the texture from the palette knife much better than the brush.  I tend to work the paint too thinly when I use the brush.

Chardonnay
Image size 6" x 6"
Oil
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Category › chardonnay , grapes , green grapes , nancy goldman , palette knife oil paintings , wine

Ready For Harvest

I had to have a silk painting fix.  I enjoy painting on silk so much and miss it if I go too long without doing it.  I love the graphic quality of it.  This is the second silk painting of grapes that I've done.  They are really fun to paint and they bring back happy memories of visits to the wine country.

Ready For Harvest
Image Size 10" x 16"
Silk dyes on silk

Category › hand painted silk , vineyards , wine

Wine with Friends

Copyright by S. Ciaccio 2009

"Wine with Friends" Water Color

11" by 15" 140lb paper

My water color study of a wine bottle and a wine glass . Painting the green wine bottle with red wine in it was a challenge for me. I will have to do more studies of glass objects to improve my skills. any time I try a new surface depiction I find how much I have to learn.

Category › still life , watercolor , wine , wine opener

Wine Bottle Colored Pencil

Copyright by S. Ciaccio 2009

"Wine with Friends" Colored Pencil

9" by 12" 100 lb paper

This is my colored pencil study of a wine bottle still life using colored pencil. I felt fairly good about this first attempt at a glass bottle an wine glass with colored pencil, I still have a lot of techniques to learn but at least it is recognizable as a bottle of wine.

Category › bottle , colored pencil , glass , still life , wine , wine opener

Wine bottle Pen Ink

Copyright by S. Ciaccio 2009

"Wine with Friends" Pen and Ink

9" by 11" 100lb paper

My pen and ink study of wine bottle , wine glass and wine opener. Went with more of a line effect on this study and now I am wondering if it would have been better with a pointillism effect. I may do a second study on this and then compare the two drawings.

Category › bottle , pen and ink , still life , wine

Glass of Wine

Copyright by S. Ciaccio 2009

"Wine with Friends" Pencil Drawing

9" by 11" 100 lb. paper

My pencil study of a wine bottle and glass of wine. This study presented me with the task of representing glass with liquid inside and the shinny metal cork screw. It was very challenging but fun., and the fact I had to drink the still life later made it more so.

Category › bottle , pencil drawing , still life , wine

Wrought Iron Grapes Silk Painting

Back to silk painting. I have so much fun doing these paintings that I can't stay away from them for long. I've used the wrought iron theme again on a smaller scale. I concentrated on using more subdued colors on the leaves and am very happy with the results.

Wrought Iron Grapes
15" x 15"
Silk dyes
Framed

Category › grapes , nancy goldman , silk paintings , silk scarves , vineyards , wine