Pear shapes

I painted this one from an older photo I took of some pears I got from the market. The real fruits had a ochre-brownish color and were placed on white background, but I wanted to have fun with this one and try to get some strong contrasts. Just that it goes away from the real thing :)
Anyway, the painting is ~10x7 inches, and it is done with acrylics on paper.

Shell-ing a-Round #13 - Nautilus

Next shell in my series is Nautilus - lots of stories about it, and its chambers and all the math with Fibonacci series, as you probably know. I do like it very much, because of the beautiful stripes it has on the shell and its rather strange "look" when alive. I started with just the shells in the sea water, on the beach, again ACEOs. First one today, and the second tomorrow.

Shell-ing a-Round #12

As mentioned in my previous post, still another Flamingo tongue snail, the last one of the mini-series for this challenge.

Shell-ing a-Round #11

I did another 2 of the Flamingo tongue snails, trying to get a softer background, but I am not sure it works as well as I was looking for. Here is one of them, and I will post the other tomorrow.

Shell-ing a-Round #10

Wow, already 1/3 of the challenge is gone! And it was really fun to do all these shells so far! As promised, the Flamingo tongue snail mini-series is still on-going, and here comes the second trial to capture its bright colors and contrast.

Shell-ing a-Round #09

When I first saw this funny snail in one of the RIL photos from Li Newton on WetCanvas I knew I have to give it a try! Let me introduce you the Flamingo Tongue Snail:

ACEO size and acrylic paints again. And more to follow the next days...

Shell-ing a-Round #08

I think I figured out which species this snail is after some search on the internet - it must be a "Trochus erithreus". I am amazed how many species of shells are out there, and also how confusing is to figure out the exact name, because they have been named and renamed by various researchers...
Anyway, this is another view of the same shell I posted yesterday, again an ACEO size and acrylic paints:

Shell-ing a-Round #07

Enough with the Mussels, I am moving on to other shells. Actually this one is from a sea snail, a white one with some reddish patches on it. I am not sure about the species, because it is of the shells I have at home, but I liked very much the shape and the contrast of the red with the white of the shell. I draw it and painted this one from two different views (you will see the other one at #08, tomorrow).