62 - Out For A Walk

This is my fist painting in acrylics. They had some good points and some frusting points. The good - dries quickly so could readily fix something or add another color on top of it. The frusterating part? Well the colors don't come out of the tube the same colors as oils paints. Like the burnt umber is much lighter in the tube. It took a while for me to see that they dry a bit darker. All of them seam to. I was able to use glazes much the same as in oils so that was nice. Finished an entire painting in one day so that was nice as well.

61 - Oranges

So one night I was sitting in my livingroom eating an orange. There really isnt much orange in an orange. Starting thinking about it so went to the store and bought a big bag and dumped them out...and started painting. Really, very little orange in an orange, there is yellow and green and white even some blue but not much orange.

This was onother quick study. About 3 hours start to finish

Orange in Oranges. 18" x 24" oil on canvas. There really isn't much orange in oranges.

60 - Bucket of Apples

60 - Bucket of Apples

This was a quick painting. I decided I had spent so much time fussing about details in some my paintings that I was loosing my joy at painting so played with this one, very quickly. It is a large painting, but did the whole painting in about 4 hours...very very quick for me.

Apples - 18" x 24" oil on canvas. Not my usual style. Pretty impressionistic. But I like it so calling it done

59 - CAMILIA

#59 - CAMILIA

Another oil on canvas. 18"x 24" It is yet another were I varied a bit from the reference photo. Mostly in the background. I changed that entirely, and like it much more now. Finally signed it today, so it gets added to the pile of finished paintings.

I enjoy the adding of paintings to this blog. Not so much the finishing of the paintings. That always makes me a little sad.

A Weekend of Fixes & #58

This has been a good weekend so far. A weekend not nessisarily for creating new art, but deffinately one of fixes. You see, like many artists, I have several paintings that although they were ok, I wasn't in love with them like I usually am when I finish a painting. There are even some I think ewwww don't like that one. This weekend I am working on the fixing of some of them. And wonderful of wonderful, they are looking better! Yeaah!

This first one is called What A View. I originally painted it last fall. I think it like #21 or so. It was ok, but something was just not right to me. Yesturday I made some changes and although I still think it will get more work, I like it much better now.




























The next one I worked on was I think my 23rd painting. It started out as a plein air but has been adjusted a few times now. So once again ...














The third one I worked on is called BLOWING KISSES. I really love the concept of this one but I'm having trouble bringing to life what I see in my head....I'll get it yet




















The 4th painting I worked on I don't think I even posted or counted before (can you tell where it fell in the like scale?) I originally painted this for wetcanvas' floral sections monthly challenge. I'm still not in love with it, but don't think ewww with it now. :) So I will add it to the numbered. #58

57- Beach Near Little Presque

My oldest sister lives in the UP of Michigan. A while ago she uploaded the beautiful reference photo for this painting and I asked if I could paint it. It was almost unreal to me. She agreed, so here it is.

This one is oil on canvas and its a big one. 24" x 36" It is my first waterscape in oil and I'm pretty happy with it as such.

56 - watercolor

More watercolor technics practiced / hopefully learned from the same book as the last one. I am still having a hard time interpeting from another artists interpetation of a reference. Not enjoying that part, but still enjoying painting watercolors.

I've been working on the watercolors in the evenings but oils during the day. I've got the oils set up in a studio but the watercolors can be done in the livingroom and not disturb anyone else. I think I currently have 10 oils going. All of them pretty close to completion. One of those is a re-work of a painting I considered done at one point, but decided to work on some more.

I'm also taking a throwing class. My first art class (YEAH!!!) It is really pretty cool to learn to throw clay. I've only wanted to do this since I was a child and ruined my record player with playdough!