These are two of the three luscious pears I painted a few days ago. Yes, I ate the missing one. Yum!
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Thursday, August 28, 2008
THREE PEARS oil on board, 6x6
SOLD I found these beautiful pears this morning while shopping, and I knew at that moment what my painting subject would be today. Even their scent is beautiful. When I began the painting, I had trouble with the shadow colors, but when the painting was finished, it all worked well. When you look at this, I hope you can smell the wonderful scent of fresh pears.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
SAGE AND MOUNTAINS oil on board, 4x6
Sage is plentiful in Colorado. It's a pretty blue green color and you can use it in your BBQ grill. Just lay a few sprigs on top of the charcoal. I painted this using a picture I took in Colorado a few years ago.
Labels:
Colorado,
landscape,
mountains,
oil painting,
sage
Monday, August 25, 2008
SNOW FENCE oil on canvas, 24x30
Friday, August 22, 2008
COLORADO SNOW FENCE oil on board, 4x6
How I love Colorado! I painted this from a photo I took a few years ago. I believe it was in the southern part of the state. This is a study for a larger painting I plan to do of this scene. I have lots of photos I've taken on trips to Colorado. I think it's such a beautiful place which I hope to visit again one day.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
GOING HOME oil on canvas, 14x18
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
RACING THE SUN oil on board, 6x6
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
COWS AND CALF GRAZING oil on canvas, 24x30
Here's what I've been working on the past 2 days. I painted it with a palette knife while looking at some photos I took at my parents' farm a few months ago. So, it isn't exactly a certain scene, but parts from 3 photos of the same general place. It is such a beautiful, peaceful place that I just had to try to convey that to you viewers.
Labels:
cows,
farm,
landscape,
oil painting,
palette knife painting,
peaceful
Sunday, August 17, 2008
SELF-PORTRAIT 5 oil on canvas board, 14x11
I painted along with Susan Carlin this afternoon. What great fun!!! My self-portrait isn't finished. I mean, there are several things I see that I want to do, such as finish the eye on the left. But, I wanted to go ahead and post it and I'll post a new photo when I'm done with it. I used a palette knife.
I've done a little more to this. I could work on it forever and make it look better, but I don't want to spend any more time on it since it's a self-portrait. Like Susan Carlin said about hers, who'd want it but maybe my mommy? So, it's officially finished!
Labels:
oil painting,
palette knife painting,
portrait,
self-portrait
Friday, August 15, 2008
ROW OF TREES oil on board, 4x6
Here's another scene I photographed along the highway between my parents' house and mine this summer. I painted this using a palette knife--so much fun!
Labels:
landscape,
oil painting,
palette knife painting,
trees
Thursday, August 14, 2008
365 Daily Paintings
I've achieved my goal of painting a small painting every day for a year. I will continue to paint every day, but I may not complete and post a painting every day. I began on Aug. 10, 2007, but skipped Aug. 13, and began again Aug. 14. (I've actually painted 370 daily paintings.) So, yesterday, Aug. 13, 2008 completes one year of continuous daily paintings. I still plan to post "almost" every day. It's been hard, but not as hard as I expected, to have the discipline to do this. Some of the positive outcomes of daily painting are: learning a lot about painting and about myself and meeting new artist friends. I encourage any serious artist to become a "daily painter". You'll be amazed at how much you learn from these little paintings.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
BUCKET OF TOMATOES acrylic on board, 6x6
I used a palette knife to do this painting. It is done from a photograph I took of this bucket full of tomatoes my Dad brought in from his garden a few weeks ago.
Labels:
acrylic painting,
palette knife painting,
tomatoes,
vegetables
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
EMPTY JUICE BOTTLES acrylic on board, 6x4
Monday, August 11, 2008
MORNING MIST WITH COWS acrylic on board, 4x6
This is another scene from my parents' farm. I took the picture early in the morning while there was mist over the lake and the pasture. I painted this with a palette knife.
Labels:
acrylic painting,
cows,
landscape,
palette knife painting
MISTY POND AND COWS acrylic on board, 4x6
8/10/08 I painted this with a palette knife. It's from a picture I took at my parents' farm. It was early in the morning and there was a mist over the lake and pasture.
Labels:
acrylic painting,
cows,
landscape,
palette knife painting
Saturday, August 9, 2008
WELL-WORN MEMORY oil on board 6x6
This softball looks like it was very well worn. I can imagine someone playing with it for years. No, it wasn't me.
Labels:
oil painting,
palette knife painting,
softball,
sports,
still life
EGGPLANT FROM LUCILLE'S GARDEN oil on board, 5x7
8/8/08 My neighbor who has the beautiful flower garden also has a vegetable garden. This is one of the eggplants she brought us.
Labels:
eggplant,
oil painting,
palette knife painting,
still life,
vegetables
BY THE LAKE oil on board, 6x6
8/7/08 Here's another scene on Highway 69. You can see just about this much from the highway. Once I stopped and got out of the car and walked closer to see the lake and a house up on the hill.
Labels:
landscape,
oil painting,
palette knife painting,
water
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
I'm finally back!
It's good to be posting again. I've been painting every day, but I wasn't able to post. Here's what I've been painting the past 13 days.
RED CUP WITH FLOWERS acrylic on canvas board, 14x11
This was the demo for today's painting class. It's the same cup as before and the yellow flowers are the same ones. But, I bought the purple and white flowers this morning.
Labels:
acrylic painting,
daisy,
floral,
flowers,
still life
DUCK REFLECTION acrylic on canvas board, 11x14
SUMMER PASTURES oil on board, 5x7
ALONE AMONG THE BRIARS oil on board, 5x7
7/31/08 I'm not sure where the idea for this came from. I just started out to paint the flower and it ended up like this. This was one of the flowers in the red cup that I painted yesterday. Yes, I used a palette knife.
Labels:
flowers,
landscape,
oil painting,
palette knife painting
ORANGE AND GREEN APPLES oil on board, 4x6
EAST TEXAS HIGHWAY 4x6, oil on board
7/28/08 This is the highway between my house and my parents' which I've seen a lot of this summer. I usually take pictures (yes, I know I shouldn't) while I drive because there are so many beautiful light/shade patterns, trees, cattle, horses, etc that I see. I've painted several of the scenes on this stretch of Highway 69.
LIME AND TWO LEMONS oil on board, 6x6,
7/27/08 This is a palette knife painting which I enjoyed very much. I love painting fruit and using the palette knife is so much fun!
Labels:
fruit,
lemon,
lime,
oil painting,
palette knife painting
BILLY oil on board, 6x6
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