After the Party: Cerveza and Lemon, oil on Gessobord, 7×5″
My neighbors from Mexico really know how to celebrate birthdays. They prepare by cooking delicious traditional Mexican food for days (including a huge vat of my favorite, birria de chivo) and decorate their yard, filling the patio with tables, chairs and umbrellas like the best cafes.
Beer and Lemon study for oil painting, Ink & Watercolor, 8×5″
The kids gleefully bounce like human ping-pong balls in a giant inflatable jumper in the front yard while the adults enjoy Cumbias music, dancing and good food in the backyard. I appreciated the chance to practice my Spanish but was relieved to discover that most of their friends are bilingual; when my meager Spanish fails we can still talk.
I thought the little beer bottles were cute so I took mine home to paint.
The oil painting is available here. The study is in my journal.
What a great image. And you did it twice! Love it. Hope you didn’t drink too many of them.
Haha. I’m not much of a drinker. That was actually my one beer from the party; it was a small bottle and I only drank half of it. Jana
I like the combination with ink. Lg Gabi
Thanks! I visited your blog and your work is gorgeous. I need to figure out how to translate it so I can read your writing too. Jana
Wonderful oil painting. The bottle looks so solid!
Thanks. Interesting comment re bottle–solid. I hadn’t thought of it that way since glass is often thought of more transparent than solid. Jana