Friday, February 5, 2010

M&Ms

I was in the mood for something fun and colorful, so I bought some M&Ms to paint a still life. I debated painting the candy dish in various crops, but finally decided it would be more fun to do a really close crop of just the candy.


When you aren’t used to eating a lot of sugar, M&Ms are unbelievably sweet! I was amazed at how quickly I went from being nauseous to addicted. I had so much fun painting this, but found it is difficult to paint candy without wanting to eat it. Now I need to paint something healthy to get over my sugar high.




M&Ms

5” x 5”

Soft Pastel on La Carte

13 comments:

  1. Claire Beadon CarnellFebruary 6, 2010 at 12:26 AM

    The green ones used to be my favorites, then the stinkers went and made some that beautiful shade of blue. What I find nice about the M&M is that you can just have a little sweet when you need some. Your painting will send any M&M fan into ecstasy!

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  2. Lokelani ForrestFebruary 6, 2010 at 5:16 AM

    Looks good enough to eat, but I imagine not easy to paint. Great job.

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  3. Dana CooperFebruary 6, 2010 at 1:59 PM

    I love this piece...yum!

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  4. Kari TirrellFebruary 7, 2010 at 11:20 AM

    Thanks, Claire - aren't those blues fabulous?

    Thanks, Lokelani - It was totally fun to paint! I had to do another one, which I'll post soon. The second one was easier, as I had learned from the first.

    Thanks, Dana! :)

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  5. Sandra GaldaFebruary 8, 2010 at 8:20 PM

    Happy to have found your blog! Love your realism! very attractive images here, I will be back!

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  6. Pat BurnsFebruary 9, 2010 at 11:22 AM

    Hi Kari! I've passed along the Sunshine Blogger award to you that I received from Lisa Riehl. I rarely take the time to do these things, but it has been quite a while since I told my fellow artists how much joy & inspiration they bring me. Congrats, you can visit my site to retrieve it!

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  7. Kari TirrellFebruary 9, 2010 at 6:12 PM

    Thank you, Sandra, I'm glad you like my work! Thanks for stopping by and commenting. :)

    Thanks, Pat, that's really sweet of you. I'll stop by your blog soon.

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  8. Gwen BellFebruary 10, 2010 at 12:26 PM

    Love this close up view. Great colors and shadows! Looks like it took a lot of patience to paint. Great job!

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  9. Kari TirrellFebruary 11, 2010 at 6:59 PM

    Thanks, Gwen!

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  10. Amanda MakepeaceFebruary 19, 2010 at 7:14 AM

    You are in the EBSQ Friday Five!

    http://blog.ebsqart.com/2010/02/19/ebsq-friday-five-does-candy/

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  11. Kari TirrellFebruary 19, 2010 at 11:30 AM

    Hey, cool! Thanks Amanda! :)

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  12. Aimee DFebruary 19, 2010 at 9:56 PM

    I just have to chime in and say, I absolutely adore both your M&M pieces. Beautiful, and so bright!

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  13. Kari TirrellFebruary 20, 2010 at 11:21 AM

    Thanks, Aimee!

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