Blossoms Abstracted - SOLD

Blossoms Abstracted
Oil on Canvas Panel, 12" x 9"
SOLD at $20 plus $8 shipping.
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This is the last of my cherry blossoms, since they are drooping and dropping petals everywhere. I wanted to try using a different set of pink colors, including English Red.
I thought it might be fun to show you what's underneath, so here's a little progressive series. The painting underneath was an exercise for values and colors, with color patches at the bottom.

You can still see the lemon, bowl and mug, with color patches.

Progress, things are disappearing.

Still a bit of the lemon showing. I let a touch of it be the center of the last blossom.

Missing branches here, but almost done.

Cherry Blossoms Two - SOLD

Cherry Blossoms Two
Oil on Canvas Panel, 12" x 9"
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It's such a deluge outdoors today, that my yard looks like a rice paddy. My poor pansies are underwater.
So I used the same blossoms as yesterday, but put a sky behind them.
(Even though they are still in the vase.) My mantra today was "Messy, drama, contrast; messy, drama, contrast..."

Color Play Landscape - SOLD

Color Play Landscape
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 12" x 12"
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A day for color, don't ask me why. Rich, bright, and lovely colors!

Peonies on Cream - SOLD

Peonies on Cream
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 11" x 14"
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I wanted to try using the same reference photo again today (as yesterday), and make the painting a little less rambunctious, a little more controlled, without loosing the swish.
And oh, I'm happy with how this one turned out.
Detail (Close-Up) Below:

The detail photo is more true to the colors in the painting.

Pink Peonies - SOLD

Pink Peonies
Oil on Canvas Panel, 11" x 14"
SOLD.

Pre-Mix Palette
And a Detail (Close-Up) Below:

This one is for the challenge this week at DPW, which is to pre-mix colors for the painting you are doing, and then simply apply them, without blending and mixing on the canvas. At least that's how I'm understanding it. Which is why I've shown a photo of my palette, with all the pre-mix colors. You can see the rest of the challenge entries here.