Costume

No. 316, 8.5" x 5.5", watercolor (and a little glitter) on 140 lb. cold press paper

Happy Halloween!

I thought I’d trick you with something other than flowers today.

All Caught Up

No. 312, No. 313, No. 314

Tomorrow I’ll start posting one at a time. Thanks for stopping by!

Adding Some Red

No. 309, No. 310, No. 311

Added a some larger red flowers to the small flower mix. I'm trying to get caught up with the back log of daily paintings I have (which I never thought I would have...a backlog), so I can start posting my daily paintings on a daily basis.

Tiny Flowers

No. 307 and No. 308

Just some tiny flower arrangements. Enjoy!

The Orange Collection

No. 303, No. 304, No. 305, No. 306

These were painted October 16 – 19, 2014. No titles, just their numbers. I think I’m coming up with some sort of process with these paintings, but still heavy in experimenting. Which all painting is anyway. In my opinion.

Dot to Dot

Since October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, I thought it was time for a bra painting.

My New Love...Watercolor

No. 299 New Start, No. 300 Day Off, No. 301 Another Day Off, No. 302 Back to Back

It all started about a year ago. I bought a set of watercolors and I’ve been playing around with them ever since.

Got My Pencil

No. 297, 4" x 4" oil on gessoboard

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Ready or not, it's school time!

I'm heading to a plein air class Friday. Can't wait!

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Pea Green

No. 296, 6" x 6", oil on gessoboard

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I stopped by Starbucks the other day for a coffee and was feeling lazy, so I went through the drive-thru. The person who took my order started off by saying...Welcome to Starbucks! My favorite color is COBALT BLUE...what's yours? So, I said CHARTREUSE! Then he took my order, which was a cafe mocha (of course). When my order came out I noticed the sleeve was pea green. Another great color, so I though I would paint it. I love the challenge of mixing color!

Summer Treat

No. 295, 6″ x 6″, oil on gessoboard

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I’ve had this colander forever and just didn’t know how to incorporate it into a still life. Then this thought came to me!

Slowly, but surely getting back into doing these little still life paintings.

On the Easel : A Maybe

No. 294, 6″ x 6″, oil on gessoboard

It’s good to be back painting still life again! The dress above is a maybe for a wedding I’ll be attending and it’s “a maybe” because I think I could have painted it better. A little rusty with the oil paints, but I knew that would be the case. I’m trying not to dwell on it too much.

Summer went by so fast! I had a great time doing some, but not enough, sketching and improvisational painting.

I’ve been thinking of making some changes to my blog/social media practices. When I work in oils, I usually don’t get a very good photo of my painting until it dries and I scan it so, I think I’m just going to post “on the easel” pics to Instagram. Then when the painting is dry and available for purchase, I’ll post it here.

Also…Wednesdays are going to be “Watercolor Wednesday’s”. I’ve been using watercolors all summer and truly enjoy them. I hope to get much better at them and I’ll be sharing some of my watercolor work on Wednesday’s.

Intermission

Since I have been doing such a great job NOT painting, I thought I would embrace it and enjoy the summer. My son has exactly only 1 month left of summer and then he will be back to school and I will be heading back into the studio.

I have enrolled in a few online classes this summer. The one I am in right now is Sketchbook Skool’s Seeing course. So far it has been great and I’ll be posting my assignments on Flickr and Instagram. I’ll share those links with you once I get something posted.

My Etsy shop is still open and don’t forget to check out my deals on Ebay.

Last week my kids and I headed out on a photo shoot. I have been wanting to paint some landscapes, so we drove out into the country to get inspired. The photo above is from that trip.

Have a great summer! See you soon!