Sunflower and Strawberries
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8" x 10"
Painted on Ampersand Gessobord
Final touches added, yeah!
Sunday, July 30, 2017
Saturday, July 29, 2017
Original Oil Painting Strawberry Sunflower
Sunflower Strawberries
8" x 10"
Painted on Ampersand Gessobord.
It has been awhile since my last post. I haven't been able to get myself to pick up a brush. That happens from time to time. So I spent my time surfing the net and looking at all the beautiful art work. Usually that gets me going but this time it did not work. Then I started to gather things from the refrigerator and garden arranging some still life(s) and photographing them. I would take maybe 72 pictures to find one or two I liked. I find still life arrangements a lot of work. It is not easy to create compositions that work plus adjusting lighting and strawberries rolling the wrong way.
Well today I started this small one. Tomorrow I hope to added the finishing details: checking the colors and fixing any color that looks muddy and brightening the highlights. It is always easier to do this when the paint is dryer.
Thursday, July 20, 2017
Thursday, July 13, 2017
Original Oil Painting Stacked Lilies
Stacked Lilies
11" x 14"
Painted on canvas board
Ok, the struggle continues. This morning I spent a couple more hours. I just could not let this painting stay the way it was. Yes the shadow work I did yesterday was better but now the background needed more contrast and the flower's highlights needed to be lighten.
The brightening of the pieces of blue in the upper part of the background really made the whole thing pop. Now I think I can go on but I thought that yesterday too. So you know I am not kidding, I am posting it to Daily Paintworks today if my computer will let me. Computers can be finicky just like artist. Sorry for the long post but I thought you might what to know what goes on in my crazy art world.
These are the before photos of this painting:
Saturday, July 8, 2017
Original Oil Painting: Rushing Water Drop
Rushing Water Drop
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9" x 12"
Painted on gessobord.
I have not done a waterfall in awhile. I forgot how much I love painting waterfalls. I really enjoy the challenge it is to create a wide variety of brush strokes, splashes of opaque color and streams of transparency in the water. Just what I needed to loosen up. This was inspired by a photo by Cindy Crooks from a Facebook page: Photos for Artist. Thanks Cindy for the wonderful photo. I posted Cindy's photo below.
Tuesday, July 4, 2017
Original Oil Painting Nuthatch Nestled in Daisies
Nuthatch Nestled in Daisies
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10" x 10"
Painted on gessobord.
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