Still life, 8 X 10

I painted this last Thursday at my lesson. I finished it in the three hours that my lesson took. I started another dog painting yesterday, so much fun. I'm as excited about painting as ever, just keep thinking of things I want to paint. I LOVE IT! Are most of you the same way or is it just me???

Art in the garden

Just got back from Art in the garden, an event they have yearly in the area where I live. People purchase tickets to tour gardens and artists are there displaying their art and painting. Turn out was fair but the weather was great. I had a nice time and sold four paintings. Here is a photo of two of my screens, I had one more and a table. My sweet husband made these for me, I'll be using them again later this week for another event. Tired and hungry, off to find food.

Beagle, 2nd posting same day

Hey again, Are you impressed, two postings in one day. I just painted this little guy and I thought I'd go ahead and throw it on. I had fun painting him, maybe I should do more animals. It's a 6 X 8, oil on a canvas panel. See you soon.

My Dad and one of his crazy pipes

Hi, I painted this from a photo of my Dad. Taken when he was younger with this crazy pipe in his mouth. He collected pipes. Back when I was a kid I thought it was disgusting watching him clean them out but when he passed away we all wanted one and now I love it because it makes me think of him. This came out too serious, that wasn't his personality. He was the life of the party, telling endless jokes. Saturday is the art in the garden, I'll be selling my art out in a garden. They're talking rain, I hope they are wrong because that will ruin the event. Happy painting!

Sweet Little Face

Hi there, This is loosely based on a photo of my niece, she does look like a little doll in it. It was fun to paint, it's in oil on a 8 X 10 canvas board. This is the first photo taken with my new camera, a test run. Just click on the photo and check it out, amazing. Enjoy your day!

Grandson, oil 6 X 8

I painted this little painting in about an hour, not sure if I'm going to leave it as is. This is Josh, one of three grandsons. It's painted from a photo, he's standing in a shallow creek with a baby raccoon sniffing his shoe. Yes, the raccoon was actually there????

Trying to be loose

Hi there, I painted this yesterday. I recently purchased a dvd of Craig Nelson doing what he calls quick studies from Creative Catalyst Productions. He does two paintings, one is a still life and the other is from a photo. He paints each of them in about an hour and keeps things pretty loose. I tried to use some of his advice when I painted this. Different for me, a lot looser than I would normally do. I think I like it, do you? Also I did purchase a new camera, yeah! Haven't received it yet, it's a Canon, it's 8 mega pixels. Now I just have to figure out how to use it, lol.