Limes

First I did this larger still life of some limes as practice. I think I like it better than the 6x6 I want to use in my new kitchen! I need for it to dry for me to get a decent picture, so please excuse the odd angle...















Here is a 6x6 canvas of limes I hope to put in my kitchen. It will for with one of an avocado, in the works, and some future works of an onion and a pepper...Quacamole...

I used a 2 3/8 inch profile canvas and painted the sides.

Some small still lifes

Here are two I worked on this week, An Orange and A Pumkin. Both are 3x3 inches, with the sides painted, so they do not need frames.

Another painting class...

Last weekend I took a Direct Painting class from Ed Gowen, and learned a lot. We did a color wheel the first day, which was very educational for me. Then we did a still life the second day. I spent about 1.5 hours on the apple, and when I was done, decided to have fun and do another, maybe 20 minutes. From a distance I actually like the quick one best, but up close the other still wins. Can you guess which is which?











Since getting home I have set up a still life station near my easel to try my hand at some stuff. So far I have done a larger group of four limes, a small pumpkin, small orange, small lime and am currently working on an avocado. The smaller lime and avocado will eventually go in my new kitchen.

My space is small but it works for me. We certainly do not have room for a studio, and I am not really needing one at this point. I am close to the kids this way, which is priority number one!

My new Etsy store

I apologize, the links I put in for the various post do not seem to be working, and being the non-techie type, I am not sure how to fix. But if you are interested in a particular painting for purchase, go to www.etsy.com and enter the title of the painting in the search field. It will pop up that way (with a bunch of other stuff too...) Happy hunting!