Still Life's- Oil Painting

These are some still life oil paintings I did in my oil painting class in college (2006). I enjoyed doing them and learned a lot about how to look not only at the object itself, but the negative space around each object.


 This painting was done on a 16"x 20" canvas. Here are some closer views:







Here is another one I did that same semester, also done on a 16"x 20", as well as some close up views.






 This was done on a 30"x 40", so much bigger than the other two shown above.



I really like the rustic look of these mail boxes, and especially enjoyed painting this one in front: