Roll Up & Roll Out

Clementines & Pudding Basin

6" x 6"

Oil on Gessoed Panel

Ellipses can be tricky to paint and draw – when you cant get them correct it can become a nightmare. If I had a pound for every time I wiped an ellipse off a canvas and started again, come to think of it if I had a pound for every time I gave up on a composition because the ellipse in it wouldn’t work out.

Like most things it takes practice and in the case of ellipses patience and careful observation. You will get it eventually. If there is a secret it is to draw what you see not what you think you see. When you think you have the hang it to really test your sanity do some ellipses that are cropped off the picture plane. If I had a pound . . .