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Friday, January 20, 2012

Pink Purple Orange Iris - SOLD

Sensuous Iris
Oils on Stretched Canvas, 11" x 14"
SOLD at $40.00 plus $7.00 shipping.

After doing watercolors, my oils are a treat.

Blue Irises Watercolor - SOLD

Blue Irises
Watercolor on Arches Paper, 12" x 16"
SOLD at $35.00, includes shipping.

I had not tried one in blue yet, so this is it. The blue is actually Cobalt, while here it looks a little blue-green. The watercolor isn't, though.

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Roses - SOLD

Roses
Oils on Stretched Canvas, 11" x 14"
SOLD at $40.00, includes shipping.

Sitting down after class this aftenoon, I was thinking landscape, and found a couple of roses to paint instead. Figured they would either work or be a disaster. (I have had trouble with roses.) These are actually not bad. Yay!

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Cloud Studies 3 and 4

Clouds over the Lake
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 11" x 14"
Revised 1/25/2012.

Sky Study 3 - SOLD
Oils on Stretched Canvas, 11" x 14"
SOLD

A couple more studies working with clouds and sky colors. The seascape is a repeat of yesterday's painting.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Sky Study 2 - SOLD

Sky Study 2
Oil on Canvas Panel, 9" x 12"
SOLD at $35.00, includes shipping.

More work with skies and clouds.Didn't this one turn out calm and restful?
I'm pretty happy with it.

Monday, January 16, 2012

Happy Lemons - SOLD

Happy Lemons
Oil on Canvas Panel, 9" x 12"
SOLD at $35.00, includes shipping.

Don't you like the happy cherry napkin here? It perks up the lemons too, I think.
Sunshiny colors for a really cold day.

Dark Irises One and Two - SOLD

Darks One
Watercolor on Arches paper, 12" x 16"
SOLD at $35.00, includes shipping.

Darks Two
Watercolor on Arches paper, 12" x 16"
SOLD at $35.00, includes shipping.

Since these watercolor irises have sold so very well, I did a couple more, playing with the dark colors.

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Sky Study - SOLD

Sky Study
Oil over Acrylic on Canvas Panel, 9" x 12"
SOLD at $20.00 plus $7.00 shipping.

Interesting new idea from the "Essentials of Painting Skies" Webinar yesterday: paint a sky in the negative. I first painted the entire sky in pink, white, orange acrylic and let that dry, then painted in the blue overtop in oils with negative painting. Very cool.

Saturday, January 14, 2012

Pears and Stripes - SOLD

Pears and Stripes
Oils on Canvas Panel, 9" x 12"
SOLD at $25 plus $7 shipping.

Getting back into my oils again, after quite a few watercolors. YUM.

Lavender Purple Iris - SOLD

Lavender Purple Iris
Watercolor on Arches Paper, 12" x 16"
SOLD at $25 plus $7 shipping.

This one was done by request. I really like the leaves on it, with lots of blues showing.

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Folded Pink Iris - SOLD

Folded Pink Iris
Oils on Canvas Panel, 9" x 12"
SOLD at $20 plus $7 shipping.

Switching back to oils, but staying on the irises for another little bit.

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Little Woods Scene - SOLD

Little Woods Scene
Oil on Canvas Panel, 9" x 12"
Revised on 2/10/2012.

In preparing for my oils class tomorrow, I wanted to have something I could show as a finished project, so this is a quick, little creek scene. We'll repeat it in class.

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

One Tall Iris - SOLD

One Tall Iris
Watercolor on Arches Paper, 12" x 16"
SOLD at $25.00 plus $7.00 shipping.

Since I was dreaming I was painting an iris, and woke up amused, I figured I'd go ahead and paint another one. The seem to be very popular.

Monday, January 09, 2012

Two revised at Twenty Each - SOLD

Maples in the Fog, Revised - SOLD
Oil on Canvas Paper, 14" x 14"
SOLD at $20 plus $7 shipping

Sunday Drive, Revised
Oil on Canvas Paper, 14" x 14"
SOLD at $20 plus $7 shipping.

I liked both of these well enough to revise them and re-post. On the Maples, I added more color, and fixed the "river" that was running through the middle. Also I changed the shapes are directions of the trunks. On the Sunday Drive piece, I added the ending of the fence, and put leaves in the road. There was too much road before. They both look better to me.

The Fishing Shack - SOLD

The Fishing Shack
Oil on Sueded Paper, 12" x 16"
SOLD at $40 plus $7 shipping.

I revised this one this morning, punched it up a little. I do like it, feels to me like morning for some reason.

Sunday, January 08, 2012

Magnolia - SOLD

Magnolia
Acrylics on Canvas Panel, 9" x 12"
SOLD.

I decided that I'd better have a sample of what we'll be doing in class on Wednesday.
So I spent some time today painting this and writing the lesson for a floral class.

Saturday, January 07, 2012

Lavender and Purple Irises - SOLD

Lavender and Purple Irises
Watercolor on Arches Paper, 12" x 16"
SOLD at $25.00 plus $7.00 shipping.

Two toned irises with a touch of red and orange.

Cloud Study - SOLD

Cloud Study
Oil on Canvas Panel, 9" x 12"
SOLD at $30 plus $7 shipping

I kept looking at this one in a mirror as I was working on it, and realizing that most of my cloudy skies aren't dark enough. I kept adding richer color to it. You'd think that everything is a sky should be light, but not so much.

Friday, January 06, 2012

Red Irises Twice - SOLD

Red One - SOLD
Watercolor on Archs Paper, 12" x 16"
SOLD at $25.00 plis $7.00 shipping.

Red Two - SOLD
Watercolor on Arches Paper, 12" x 16"
SOLD at $25.00 plus $7.00 shipping.

Hot Red Irises, yeehaw. And yes, they are almost the same. I decided to try out painting them in tandem, one petal on one and the same petal on the second and so on. It worked out nicely, as they each needed drying time, and I could switch back and forth.

Peony Sketch - SOLD

Peony Sketch
Oil on Canvas Panel, 9" x 12"
SOLD.

I'm not thrilled with this one. I wanted to see if I could do a loose peony, instead of drawing it out carefully, each little petal and crimp, but as it turns out, a sketch doesn't exactly do it, and I like the careful ones better. But I think it turned out well enough to save, anyway.
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