Sunflowers

Hello there! Sure cooling off here but I love Fall with all the changing colors.

Last week I painted 5 paintings with daisies and yellow mums until they died. I bought some sunflowers and have done three paintings using them and this is one of those.  I am having a ball painting with fresh flowers instead of silk. 

This is oil on a 8" x 10" panel. 

So nice of you to check in on me. 😄

Fresh Flowers

Hi Friends,  my birthday was Monday and my sister brought me a bouquet of flowers. I took some Tuesday when I painted with my group and painted this, oil on a 8" x 10" canvas.  I have done two more paintings since using these flowers and different vases. I have lots of wonderful silks but the real thing is the way to go, lesson learned.  I'll be buying fresh flowers when I can. 

I wanted to mention I have a sale going right now on my website until Thursday night, follow the link to the right.  One collection is reduced 20% with reduced shipping too.

I hope you are enjoying your day!

Still Life

Hi there! I just completed this, I set this up and painted from life.  This is oil on a 16" x 20" canvas. I paint a lot of dark backgrounds but felt like I wanted to lighten things up. I think I'm pretty happy with this but I'm at the "lookin at it stage" hehe.  

We have another Open House coming up this next Thursday at the co-op from 5-9 . Stop by if you are in the area. I put my Santa ornaments in my spot, hoping they'll be a hit. We are located at 105 East Main St. in Mason Ohio.      Thank you

"Look this Way"

This oil painting measures 8" x 10" , painted from a reference photo I took this summer. 

 I paint with two different groups and we critique in both. Critiques can be so helpful as we don't always see things with our little faces up against our canvases.  Anyway I took this for one of the group critiques and I had painted trees behind the cows and it just wasn't working for me.  I had brushed them out and at that point I had a dirty looking sky behind the cows.  One of the people in my group suggested I just paint in some clean sky color at the top and nothing else. I like the very subtle suggestion of trees in the background now. After all of this yapping I just wanted to say to get in on a group critique if possible or find someone who's work you respect and ask them.  They may come up with something you wouldn't consider doing on your own. 

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Thanks for your visit!