Title: “Screaming Grapefruit”
Canvas: who knows? Maybe like 8×10?
Media: Oil
Price: A million dollars
Critical Acclaim: “It looks like you took an orange and mashed it right onto that paper,” Madeline (age 6)
Everyone has a first painting. Rarely does anyone see it. I’ve drawn a lot of circles in my life. I had never painted one and judging from the results here, I still haven’t. Me and Dina started paint class at the same time. She’s Greek. She’s loud. She’s assertive. And she calls our teacher “Teach.” She cracks me up every class.
I learned a lot from this painting. Without shadows things float. Everyone cheats on horizon lines. You need a dark line under objects to define them. Signatures are the hardest part of the painting.