Had a little problem with my gallbladder last week but I finished this one that I called “The painter enjoys a cocktail.”
It’s a little cluttered but I liked the sense of it.
In case you want to make one: Cheers.
SPICED PEAR OLD FASHIONED
Ingredients:
2 oz Bourbon or Blended Whiskey
3/4 oz Pear Liqueur
4 dashes Angostura Bitters
Directions:
Stir all ingredients with ice until chilled, then strain into an Old Fashioned glass over ice. Garnish with a flamed orange slice and a cherry.
Since my gallbladder removal, my doc advised me to give up alcohol for a couple of weeks. So I started another picture of my grandson, Charles. So I got the basic colors and shapes in and I’ll try to enhance and fine tune it.
Your painter's drink is great, Alan. I like how clear and strong the images are nearest the viewer and then how they gradually get less so as they recede in the distance. I think it's a great, and complicate, composition. Now you can do a memorial to drinks while on abstinence. BTW, Kris has had his gall bladder removed too, a decade ago.
ReplyDeleteYour yupo painting of Charles is a masterpiece already in colors, shapes and textures.
Here's the how-to for a Wisconsin brandy old fashioned.
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That was funny! I think they do the same with manhattans in Wisconsin too--brandy instead of bourbon.
DeleteWe watched the video and loved it. Alan has to work on getting his muddler cherry stained. 🙄
DeleteThanks!!! That was totally fun. I’ll try it when I get some brandy.
DeleteBoth very nicely painted. You do a great job of using neutral colors in both paintings. Is that an intuitive sense or something you learned how to do?
ReplyDeleteIt must be intuitive. Thanks. I really have to think about stronger colors. Just your old color wheel.
DeleteI like both of these, especially the backgrounds. They're deliberately chosen and say something about the subject. And the subjects look great too, especially your grandson.
ReplyDeleteA privilege to paint him.
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