A TOUCH OF PINK

8x6, oil, $90.00

This was a simple still life I did a few week ago.  I like the way the light touched some of the petals as the flowers moved out of the shadow, making them pink.

COOL ON WARM

10x8, oil, $120.00

Thought I would try my hand again with a rose.  I enjoyed painting the warm background against the cool pale yellows, blues and whites of the rose.  I found myself focusing on the vase and leaves more than the rose itself.  The light was a incandescent with a fluorescent.  I directed it more directly over head and found that it flooded the soft pedal of the rose and washed away color and shadows in the rose, but still cast a nice shadow on the background.  I loved the play of the green leaves against the warm red.  

What is fun about painting almost everyday is the chance to just try things.  Tomorrow is another day and another painting with new things to try.  Taking info from today will always benefit tomorrow.

Before I started today I read a little about values and light in a book from my self called "Problem Solving for oil Painters", by Gregg Kreutz.  I loved reading this in the chapter on light,"The thing to remember is that you're not really painting a green apple, you're painting light hitting an apple.  The apples existence is revealed by the light".  So light is everything...

  

BLOOMING SHADOW

8x6, oil, $90.00

Back to the easel and still life after a nice break.  I have been playing around with color and having some fun.  There was a time that all I did was play with color.  Never finished a painting and doodled on everything in sight.  As fun as that was it is sure nice to have something for my time.

Partial to Pears

I love pears. I love their shape. I love their color. I love the way they just lay around. They are all just different enough to be unique.
I did this some time ago when I was starting to work in oil. I had studied pears in pastel and felt comfortable enough to try them in my venture into oil. It is fun to look back.
I painted pears yesterday in an attempt to do a painting a day. I have a new appreciation for those of you that paint a painting a day to post and then paint everything else you are working on. I need to learn to simplify so that I don't spend the whole day on one thing. I don't have that kind of time. Practice! Practice! Practice!