Charlie was the Life of the Party

Charlie was the Life of the Party

6x8, soft pastel

Yesterday I bought three beautiful pears for another stab at a still life...but this morning one of them looked a little down and out.  Hmmm, must have been a party in the kitchen last night.  I decided to do another quick study anyway before it turned completely brown.  

Battered and Bruised

Battered and Bruised

8x6 pastel

These two sad looking pears where actually not so battered and bruised..until I took my "artistic license" out on them.  Poor things...they sat there posing and never saw it coming.  They didn't realize I had made a commitment to myself to complete 30 paintings in 30 days.  They had no idea that I had waited until nearly bedtime to begin to paint...after an already exhausting day.  They also didn't know I was only allocating a few minutes to get the job done. So, after those few minutes of painting (which was more like a bar brawl) we agreed to part as friends.  Not only were they very battered and bruised...but my ego was too.  (lol)