All In Video

All In  16 x 20 Oil on Canvas

I made a video progression of this painting today.

Check out the step by step process below:

Thanks for viewing my art!

Green Glass Rose

Green Glass Rose  6 x 6  oil on board

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This is one of those paintings that evolved. Like most of us

when we take a step forward,

it's often about returning to basics.

I started out with this set up in my shadow box.

I was excited about the colors and thought I could make it work.

 I started my initial lay in:

Added more:

I felt like I was merrily painting away until it made

absolutely no sense at all!

See?

 So I scraped it off and painted it again.  It was too dark to

take a photo of it and I was tired and decided to sleep on

it and hoped I liked the make over (not shown)

better in the morning.

I didn't.

So I decided to take the crazy striped fabric out because

I did like some things happening in the bottle

and the rose.  Sometimes that happens, I see something that I 

think would be exciting to paint and it may not always

turn out.

So two scrapings and a day and a half later :

lesson learned, less is more.

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: