tea and raspberry pie

 

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$120 - 6x8" original oil painting on 1" deep panel

The most fun I had painting this one, and really it was all fun, was the little raspberries next the the slices of pie. Filling the tea cups with a little dash of paint was also a blast. I'm really enjoying painting interiors. Traditionally interiors don't have people but I'm thinking... maybe. ; )

values

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$90 - 5x5" original oil painting with 1" deep painted sides.

Well, I started this painting with a deep violet toned board. I love that colour of purple and I hoped the warm reddish/pink would enhance the cool flowers I set up to paint.

I put up a big "SQUINT!" sign. Thanks to Lisa Daria's awesome online workshop and the ongoing reminder to squint, squint, squint! It really does help see the values.

I like to paint the sides the background colour. : ) Cheers ya'll!

take 2

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$90 - 5x5" original oil painting on 1" deep panel

This painting is called Take 2 because... well, take 1 is pictured below. I was very happy with my little painting until I realized there was a fault line right down the middle of my canvas. Doh! and Argh! So, I grabbed a fresh board and painted the lovely pink and orange flowers again (above). I love the dark wine flowers, they really helps spruce up the mix. Thankfully, I'm equally happy with take 2. : ) 

city sky

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$100 - 6x6" original oil painting on 1" deep panel

I captured a pic of the morning sky (back with traffic looked like this) knowing I'd oil paint it one day. Like today!!! 

cutie-patootie border collie

$70 ≈5x5" original oil painting with 1" deep painted sides

My favourite dog is the awesome intelligent border collie!

Today, while looking for a portrait to paint, I found a picture of a border collie that had mistakenly made it's way into the people portrait folder. Then I thought... Hmm... maybe it wasn't a mistake. Obviously she was asking to be painted. 

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Blue Citrus

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$120 - 8x10" original oil painting on 1" deep panel

I mixed hot pink and warm yellow paint together for the insides of the lemons. It encourages a kind of glow! And, I changed the pattern on the tin to little pink petals. : ) See the set up pic below. Stay well ya'll.

nearby

  

$70 - 6x6" original oil painting with 1" painted sides.

Painting groups don't have to stop painting together just because of a virus. Artists friends everywhere are sharing photo references online and painting from home 'together'! A wonderful group I paint with began doing this. Each week we'll all paint from the same photos, then share our paintings via social media. It's nice to know fellow artists are nearby. 

polka dot pals

$90 - 6x6" original oil painting on 1" deep panel

The #artdare challenge yesterday (on Instagram) was "polka dots" so I painted these cute friends on some pretty gift wrap paper. I loved painting the blues in the light vs. the blues in the shadow. The auction for this piece is 7 days, over at Daily Paintworks. : )

It's hard to tell, but the sides are painted the same pink as the background.

Husky

$90 - 6x6" original oil painting on 1" deep panel.

The beautiful Husky has become so popular in the last 5 years. I hadn't seen one in years, not since I was a girl growing up in Calgary where there were lots of them. Then one day in downtown Toronto I saw one! And then two... and then three...! Now I see one every week. I adore the distinctive shapes of colour on their lovely faces. One of my favourite dog breed ever!

sides painted grey -