Day 60 Oops!

RED ONIONS - SLICED

LOOKING TO THE FUTURE


Oops . . just realized I didn't take photos of the piece I was going to post . . . I must have about 120-150 paintings so far this year . . . getting a little hard to keep track . . . so here are a couple from last week's open studio . . . Enjoy!
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Day 59 A Little Slice of Academic Orange

ORANGES ON BLACK

BREAKFAST BOWL




Here are a couple of "orange slice" paintings . . . I mentioned the other day about mixing orange . . . don't like how I did it here . . . but have found while the lemon yellow w/cad red doesn't work well cad red and cad yellow are really rich . . . however for an overall yellow . . . if I minimize my palette to just one yellow I am going back to hansa yellow . . . even though I found it difficult to use in landscape painting last year . . .I think I have a better handle on how to create greens with in now . . . and really think it's going to work out as the best all around yellow . . . we'll see . . . as coming up soon are some orange slices I did w/ the hansa yellow mixtures . . . until then . . . Enjoy!
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Day 58

APPLE BESIDE HER VINEGAR - The B and H are silent!

Obviously I have been playing too much Scrabble and other word games . . . love this little painting though . . . it is the first one I did during open studio yesterday . . . and I really think the "freshness" shows . . . did one more painting last night so that makes 8 in one day . . . have some important paperwork to finish this weekend so will try to stay a way from the easel a bit . . . or not . . . until then Enjoy!
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Day 57 I'm A Little Teapot

I'M A LITTLE TEAPOT

Did 7 paintings during open studio today . . . set up several simple still lives . . . here's one . . . didn't use it here but figured out the best all around orange mixture (with limited primary palette) . . . so one gold star for doing some "technical color mixing" . . . more on that later . . . like when I actually use the "right' orange . . . more paintings on the way . . . until then Enjoy!

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Day 56 Funky Figures

DOG WALKER

I really don't know where I am headed with these funky figures . . . just trying to capture a gesture in the most painterly way possible I suppose . . . done from imagination . . . so I am anxious to try some in this style from a live model! . . . until then Enjoy!

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Day 55 It Figures

SELF PORTRAIT

MODELING ON THE TRAIL

Messed around with a small self portrait for over an hour this morning . . . always try to put too much detail in the face . . . wiped it off and ended up with this little figure . . . yep that's me! . . . the second one is a lady out on the trail this morning . . . you could tell she had on a "brand new" sweatshirt . . . pretty color . . . but stood out like a sore thumb amidst all the drab late winter greys and browns . . . Enjoy!

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Day 54 Figuring It Out

QUICK COUPLE

Another quick oil sketch of the "couple" walking on the trail . . . they go by every morning at about the exact same time . . . my painting pal Mary has organized a "figure" drawing/painting group every other Saturday . . . haven't gone yet . . . but I'm starting to feel a desire to do some "figure" work . . . so you might see more of these types of paintings soon . . . I got some (never all) of my "paperwork" obligations done last week . . . so hope to do some extra paintings this week . . . also stay tuned for a very special invitation to paint with me (and a bunch of really good painters) this summer . . . until then . . . .Enjoy!

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