Woodpress

I painted this in openCanvas. In contrast to the “no reference” pumpkin, for this painting I loaded the original photo and painted over it, using it as reference. Some people might call that tracing. :)

Here’s the original photo, which I took:

You might wonder about the framing. There are multiple reasons it’s a little off: I took the photo in the dark (with flash), and the stems were kinda dried up. I really should have fixed the framing for the painting, but it started out as a lighting study that I had no intention of finishing.