Poppies yet again

Hello sweet visitors to my blog, today for your viewing pleasure I have a painting of poppies yet again, lol I'm being silly, sorry. This is acrylic on a 8 x 10 stretched canvas. I really tried to keep this painterly and let the brushstrokes show. I wanted to suggest the distant poppies and make the closer ones a bit more detailed. Thank you so much for visiting and I hope you are having a wonderful day.

View of the Lake

Hello Friends, I painted this from a reference photo I took while camping last year. I looked through my reference photos for a scene I could paint in this style. I wanted it to be colorful and for the viewer to see the strokes. Thisi acrylics on a 8" X 10" stretched canvas. I enjoy looking at it, hope you do too. I recently ordered a selection of Golden Open acrylics. I haven't received them yet but I'll report back on how I like them. They say you can work with them for up to 3 hours I think and it takes 24 hours for them to dry on your canvas. Not sure I will like them for detail work where I go over and over things but for backgrounds that I want modeled or maybe subjects like this? Please check out my Ebay auctions Have a wonderful day

Pink Geraniums

Hello Friends, I was at the store a few days ago and they had a nice display of potted flowers out. I grabbed up all of the little pots of these wonderful pink geraniums. I wanted to keep the background very loose with a wash of color so the focus would be the flowers. I set up three little pots and here is my finished painting. Please enlarge the painting to view it, the colors are much more true for some reason. This is acrylic on a 11" x 14" stretched canvas. My group Mason Area Painters will be having a month long show in June called The Language of Flowers, I may put this one in the show. Please check out some of my paintings on Ebay Hope you enjoy seeing my painting, please take time to comment. Enter your email in my Google Group box to receive my posts. Have a wonderful day

Poppies ~ mixed media

Hi! I know it is hard to see from the photo but this is a mixed media piece. I first applied acid free paper with musical notes and some of that shows through here and there. This painting began as yellow daffodils and I just wasn't feeling them. I went back in and painted poppies over them and left some of the yellow here and there. I like it so much better now, I try not to let it bother me when a painting doesn't work and try to use it as a learning experience. As I type this I know that isn't quite true, I think as artists we want them all to turn out. I have to admit I sleep better at night when I have a good day painting, lol. Crazy, huh? I know you understand if you paint. I have started a new larger still life, I applied a patterned paper to the canvas first. I am having so much fun with mixed media, can you tell? Check out some of my paintings on Ebay. Have a good day and hurry back

Nesting

Hi, Springtime is here, the clocks changed last night and it is staying light later and I like it. I know it can be difficult for folks that get out really early in the morning but I try hard not to do that, lol. Anyway here is a nesting bird in honor of spring. I think crows are such interesting birds, I understand they are very intelligent also. This is painted on a 8 x 10 stretched canvas. Please check out my Ebay listings. So wonderful to have you stop by ~ have a good day.

Sunflowers & Postcards

Hi there, This painting is a mixed media piece. I first attached acid free paper that has old postcards printed on it, I cut it up and added sections to it with gel medium. I set up my sunflowers and painted them with acrylic, adding a few splatters at the end. I added a cropped photo of the painting so you can see some of the background. I always love painting sunflowers, I tried to make these very interesting adding different shades of yellow and oranges. This is painted on a 11 x 14 stretched canvas. I can't wait until I can go out into my yard and cut some fresh flowers to paint. Spring is almost here, I sure hope so anyway, lol. I hope you are enjoying your day. :)

Pet Portraits #2

Hello there, This is my second dog portrait for the little series I am putting together. I plan to paint one more dog and a cat I think. This is acrylic on a 10" x 10" 7/8" deep canvas with painted edges. If this happens to look exactly like your doggie email me if you would like to purchase it for $70, free shipping inside the continental US or commission me to paint your sweet pet. Please check out some of my artwork on Ebay Please enter you email address in my Google Group box to receive my posts.

Teapot & Pear

Hello, I painted another teapot, I have quite a collection of them and just love painting them. Can you tell? lol The painting was painted on a black toned canvas again, I really like the effect you get, bits of the black showing through the finished painting. The is acrylic on a 8 x 10 stretched canvas. Please check out some of my paintings on Ebay I am so ready for Spring, really really cold temps here. It will be here soon enough, I guess. Have a wonderful day and stay warm.

Tulips in Vase framed

Hello there I am offering this painting on a buy now option through paypal. This is an original oil on a stretched canvas, it comes framed in this wonderful solid wood 3" frame that is gold leafed. Email me with questions at barbarapask@zoomtown.com

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