I started out this painting as soon as my final year exams of university were over. Finally in holidays, I had a lot of ideas, endless plans that I wanted to put on my to-do lists. Lying somewhere in between of being a student and having a job, lied this great opportunity- to be idle and catch-up on hobbies and all the crazy things I would not have had time to do otherwise. This painting happened when bored, I was browsing through my favorite fashion magazine, Femina, checking on the the trendy winter wears. Then came the hard-to-miss section- Food and Recipes. Quick dinner recipes made easy, too irresistible not to catch my attention! As I was grabbing my pen and recipe book to jot the dishes down, I noticed how worn out was the cover. Just then came an idea, to combine my two interests. Why not paint a cover for my notebook of recipes collection? It would be a pity if I couldn't paint myself a creative and pretty cover for my Recipe Notebook. The very night I started out with the paint work. Few good food I had browsed through earlier in the day and good wine seemed to be something I was motivated to freeze with my paint brushes. Two months' of work, and here lies the painting, completed.
Below are the emphasized parts of the painting.
Part 1: I love this one most in the painting- Read wine and Spicy Mixed Vegetables side-dish, enough to make any dinner wonderful and romantic!
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| Red wine and a 'Mixed Vegetables' side-dish |
Part 2: The Ingredients & Spices, Vegetables and Equipment [Mortar and Pestle] used in the cooking of the dishes. However, i took this picture while this piece of work was still incomplete- the cap of the bottle is left to be painted and the final touch is lacking.
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| Mortar and Pestel, Salt, Oil and few ingredients |
In the frame, we have a Bottle of Oil, Mortar and Pestle, Salt, Red Chilly, Garlic, Capsicum, some Peas scattered on the table, that were used to prepare dinner. Pasta in Red Tomato Sauce and a Mixed Vegetables side-dish, accompanied by a Jug of Lemonade and a tray of Glasses Served with Red Wine. Voila! That sets the mood and atmosphere for a romantic dinner, cooked home.
Here is the final still life...
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| Final Still Life |
Painted in Acrylics on paper. Style used: Renaissance Art, and stressed upon Transparency Art, playing on colors on the reflective surfaces.
I haven't placed it as the cover of my Recipe Notebook yet. I still need to find myself a nice heading or I may just go with something like 'Recipes Notebook', that's still undecided. But when I finished with the paint work, the painting in itself has brought me a sense of completion! :)
