Show us your Still Life.

We had Mark Battista present to us for Still Life. We also have a Still Life event on Wednesday 9/17.

So let's all try our best at Still Life. The Photo above is from Mark's talk where he discussed painting your own Backgrounds. It is foam core with Tempura Paint. When you paint one side the foam core will curl so you need to do both sides. Also do not put too much paint on at once.

I found this online...
Painting foam board
I use lots of spray paint and acrylic paint on my projects, and both work great on foam board. However, if you’re painting directly on foam board, too much paint can saturate the outer layer of paper and cause the edges to curl up and detach from the foam interior as it dries, so watch out for that. If you’re spray painting the foam board, you can avoid this problem by not applying the spray paint too heavily; start with a fine coat of spray paint, and then when that’s dry do a second fine coat, and even a third, and so on, allowing it to dry completely between coats, until you get complete coverage. If you apply too much paint at once, the outer layer of paper on the foam gets saturated, and as it dries, the paper shrinks but the foam inside doesn’t, and that cause the edges of the paper to curl and warp. The same goes for painting with a brush, with acrylic paint, tempera paint, etc. The thinner you apply the paint, the better. Schedule yourself enough time to paint in thin coats, let it dry completely, and then continue.

Also see this ...
https://zenfolio.com/still-life-photography/ideas/