Onions Abundant - SOLD

Onions Abundant
Gouache and Pen & Ink on 100% Cotton Magnani Annigoni Paper
Image size 10" x 16", Paper Size is 13.75" x 17.75"
SOLD at $30 plus $8 shipping.
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We are back in Sketchbook Skool, second session, and the Theme this six weeks is "Seeing." Our first assignments involved deep-looking, trying to really "see" the details in a piece of toast, and then doing a Fast and Slow sketch, doing a gesture drawing in paint or wash, then going over it in ink to find as many details as we could. My entry for the Fast Slow is below, but I enjoyed the technique so much that I wanted to do something a bit more serious for DPW. These are onions from church this past Sunday (someone has a food ministry, collects leftovers from some of the organic stores in the area, brings them in for the church folks.)

Here's my Fast Slow sketch:

Plein Air Brook - SOLD

Plein Air Brook
Oil on Canvas Panel, 14" x 11"
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This one started life as a plein air painting, but after about a half hour, the mosquitoes won and I gave up.
I finished it today by walking and standing to study the scene, then back inside to cool down and paint. It's not exactly what I was seeing, but pretty anyway.

Sky Study - SOLD

Sky Study
Oil on Canvas Panel, 11" x 14"
SOLD at $22 plus $8 shipping.

Happy Fourth of July!
Hope you all get to enjoy some picnic cook-out, family and friends today, maybe some swimming and sunshine by a lake or pool, and fireworks tonight!

Playing with the delicious colors of a sunset sky.
Lovely mauves and lavenders, soft grays and oranges, yum.

Moving Towards Sunset - SOLD

Moving Towards Sunset
Oil on Canvas Panel, 11" x 14"
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I really wanted a sky today, especially a sunset, so used an old reference, and added a sunset sky.
Does it work, do you think?

Sunlit Woods - SOLD

Sunlit Woods
Oil on Canvas Panel, 11" x 14"
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Nothing like dappled woods. Lots of little tapping strokes.

Lunch? - SOLD

Lunch?
Oil on Canvas Panel, 9" x 12"
SOLD at $22 plus $8 shipping.
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The challenge this week on Daily Paintworks is a PB&J sandwich. I really wouldn't have considered it, except that one of my collectors wrote a quick email, hoping that I would try it. Okay, LP, here you go!

Daffodil Aglow - SOLD

Daffodil Aglow
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 8" x 8"
SOLD at $25 plus $8 shipping.

I had oodles of yellow paint leftover from a painting in my big project, so this one was to use up some of the paint. Too expensive to waste. I think it came out nice, loose and with a bit of drama.

Path in Blues and Greens - SOLD

 Path in Blues and Greens
...and purple, and yellow, and orange, but mostly blues and greens
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 10" x 10"
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Here is a close up detail of the palette knife texture:

Hibiscus - SOLD

Hibiscus
Oil on Canvas Panel, 9" x 12"
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A little morning drama.

Hidden Pool - SOLD

Hidden Pool
Oil on Canvas Panel, 9" x 12"
SOLD at $27, with shipping included.

My little granddaughter, Kayla, wanted to paint on my lap on Saturday, while she was here for the weekend, so I let her play with my oils and a canvas panel. When she was done, and frustrated (she's six, and was trying to paint "Elsa's Castle" from Frozen) I just took the canvas, and spread the paint already there, as an undercoat. (Yes, she had on old clothes, and yes, those clothes became paint rags.) So this is a palette knife painting on that canvas. I've used the palette knife in two ways, as a frosting spreader tool, and as a pencil tool. If you click to see this one larger, you'll be able to tell.

Across the Brook - SOLD

Across the Brook
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 14" x 18"
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Down the little bank, jump across the stream, cut through the field, and you're there, at the barn and outbuildings of this farm in the foothills.

Tunnel of Light - SOLD

Tunnel of Light
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 16" x 20"
SOLD at $75 plus $10 shipping.
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Here's a detail (close up) of  the palette knife work.

This one was done with a red undercoat, then painted in acrylics, loosely, and then palette knife in oil over the entire painting. Time consuming, but effective. The tip of the palette knife gives me an almost pencil-like control, over stroking and blending and placement of colors.

Golden Creek Two - SOLD

Golden Creek Two
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 16" x 20"
SOLD at $60 plus $10 shipping.
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The first version of my golden creek was very well received, so here's another version.
Thanks for looking.

Summer Poppy Field - SOLD

Summer Poppy Field
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 10" x 10"
SOLD at $23, with free shipping.

This one is done with a combination of application techniques. It's mostly palette knife work,which accounts for all the texture, but there's some loose brushwork in the field and sky.

Quick Sale, Four at $12 - SOLD

A few things to clear out today, and the need for ready money.
Each of these is priced at $12 plus $8 shipping.
Send me an email to claim yours, or pick two and pay shipping once.

Grapes revised,
Oil on Stretched  Canvas, 9" x 12"
SOLD

Mother's Summer Colors
Oil on Canvas Panel, 9" x 12"
SOLD

Hibiscus Watercolor
Watercolor on Arches Paper, 14" x 14"
Showing a possible cropped version at 10" x 12"
SOLD.

Mountain Stream
Oil on Canvas Panel, 11" x 14"
SOLD

Hibiscus Watercolor - SOLD

Hibiscus Watercolor
Watercolor on Arches Paper, 14" x 14"
SOLD at $12 plus $8 shipping.

This one is way different from my usual "look" in watercolors. The background, for one thing. (Normally I leave the paper.) And I learned a new technique, which I practiced on this one. It's a way to make veins, not by drawing lines, but by making paint move away from water, creating "lines" or edges. This one has a lot of presence, since 14" x 14" is fairly large, and there's a lot of color.

The Mother's Summer Colors - SOLD

Mother's Summer Colors
Oil on Canvas Panel, 9" x 12"
SOLD

The glorious colors of summer, in a simple little landscape.

White Peony Watercolor - SOLD

White Peony Watercolor
Watercolor on Arches Paper,
Image Size: 12.25" x 18", Paper Size: 14" x 20"
SOLD
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Okay, so today I decided to go ahead and do a fussy, complex piece in watercolor.
You've probably seen earlier versions of this one, if you've been with me for awhile, but it's always fresh for someone. Signed in the lower right hand corner.

Watercolor Landscape - SOLD

Watercolor Landscape
Watercolor on Arches Paper, 14" x 18"
SOLD at $20 plus $8 shipping.

Below are a couple of possible crops for this painting.
It needn't stay as large as it is.

It's been a long time since I've done anything with watercolor besides flowers, mostly pansies, irises, and sunflowers. I didn't feel like a big complicated floral today (tired after church) but did want to use this new block of Arches watercolor paper, a gift from a collector (thanks, KM!) So here's a landscape instead.
It's pretty simple, so I've given you a couple of cropping options, which you can figure out yourself.

My Woods Today - SOLD

My Woods Today, An Impression
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 9" x 12"
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A palette knife painting of a bit of the woods behind our place, all shaded and dappled on this wonderful sunshiny summer's day. A lot of texture in this one.