Cherry Triple

Cherry Triple  6x6 oil on museum board

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I switched the color of my under painting and my

tinted palette I've been playing with.  

It makes all the colors change.

Have you tried this? If so I'd love

to hear about your experience!

Mixed Cherry Bowl

Mixed Cherry Bowl  7 x 9 mixed media

It's always been one of my painting goals to be

as loose as possible but still to represent something.

If possible I like the paint to do it's own thing

and create some unexpected surprises

that I find interesting.

My adventure into watercolors has been free

and loose but I don't know how to create

as many beautiful colors as I can in oils.  In fact

I'm not even sure you can create as many

colors in watercolor as you can with oils.

If anyone knows please fill me in!

This painting is mixed media and I'm trying to

figure out how I can create the same

type of effect in oil.

Painting is such a wonderful, never ending, exploration!

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Box of Cherries

Box of Cherries 6x6 oil on board

Happy New Year!

Thanks to all of you that have followed and checked out

my blog.  Sharing my paintings with you is a 

pleasure and a great privilege.

I very much appreciate your encouragement 

and support!

This painting was done for the Daily Paintworks

challenge to paint fabric.  It just

happens to be one of my favorite things to do!

I have a fantastic year planned with some

wonderful painting trips that I'm very excited about.

I'll try to figure out how to post remotely so

that I can take you along with me to share in the fun:))))

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Tea Jubilee

Tea Jubilee 16 x 20 oil on canvas

In addition to the small daily studies I like to keep a larger

painting going as well.  It gives me more space to try to

apply the paint in different ways and

design the light/dark patterns.

This was so much fun for me to paint just by picking the

colors that make my heart sing.

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Cup for Two

Cup for Two  6" x 6" oil on board

I really enjoy playing with the light and dark patterns of

these small daily paintings.

I'm posting another step by step shown below.

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Process:

Set up the still life with patterns and colors I like:

Make a drawing of the light dark patterns and how the canvas board will be divided.

Decide what the dominant value will be:

Start with the cherries inside the cup and then begin to paint the

cup inside the pattern cloth.

Add the dark patterns on the cloth:

Put in the background, all the lights and the stems are the final touch: