Me On Day 31 of Challenge

 Oil on canvas panel, 8x8"

Horn

 Entry for Day 30 - only one more day to go!  

Oil on canvas panel, 8x10

(In case I forget , this is painted over some pottery bottles and a bowl of eggs in the hutch which I never finished.)

Pottery and Garlic

 Entry for Challenge Day 28 

Being mostly a value study - oil on canvas

12x12"

Eggs and Tea Towel

 Oil on canvas paper - 5.5x7.5"

Entry for Day 26 of Challenge.  Only six more days to go.

Value Study for Lemons

 Entry for Day 24 of Challenge, oil on canvas paper, 8x6 

"Next time someone mentions the word "challenge", please hit me over the head with a sledgehammer!

Birthday Bouquet and Wine

 oil on canvas - 14 x 14"

Day 23 entry to challenge - only 8 more days!

Celadon Bowl and Berries

 5.5 x 4 " - Oil on canvas paper

Entry for Day 20 of January Strada Easel Challenge.  I will also use it as my entry to the Spokane Library Art Show where we all paint something on a postcard-size piece of canvas paper.  Most entries are from small children and they are very creative!

 Entry for Day 18 of Challenge 

oil on canvas panel - 8x8"

Sugar and Miniature Roses

 

Oil on Canvas panel - 8x8"

Entry for Day 17 of Challenge

Eggs on Spoonrest

Oil on Canvas , 8x8"

Entry for Day 14 of Challenge.

 

Wine and Begonias

Oil on canvas panel - 8 x 10"

Entry for day 12 of Challenge

 

Red Pitcher and Holiday Stuff

 

Oil on Canvas - 8  8 "

Day 10 entry to art challenge

Not happy with the pine needles 

but limiting my painting to two hours daily on account of shoulder pain.  

Blur Jug and Orange

 

Oil on canvas panel - 8 x 8 "

Entry for Day 8 Strada Easel Challenge

Hot Stuff

Oil on canvas board - 6 x 6"

Day 6 entry for Challenge

Little Brown Jug and Friend

 

Oil on canvas panel - 8 x 8 "

Day 5 entry for Challenge

Japanese Teacup

Oil on canvas panel - 8 x 6"

Day 4 Strada Easel Challenge

Having a hard time with elipses.   Will keep at it.

 

Araucana Egg and Shell on White Plate

Oil on Canvas Paper - 5.5 x 8.5 "

First painting completed for the January '23 Strada Easel Challenge

 

The Last of the Flowers

 

Oil on canvas board - 8x8 in

Today's entry in the Challenge

Elephant Bell and Cherry Tomatoes

Oil on canvas board - 8x8 in

Day 19 of Strada Easel Challenge

 

Olive Oil and Petunia

Oil on canvas board - 6 x 8

Day 18 of Strada Easel Challenge

 

Single Rose

Oil on canvas panel - 6 x 6 in

For Day 13 of Prada Easel Challenge

Nautilus & Flower

Oil on canvas board - 8 x 10

Day 12 of Strada Easel Challenge -  

 

Dahlias and Zinneas

 Oil on Canvas board - 8 x 10

Day 8 of Strada Easel Challenge

Creamer and Cherries

Oil on Canvas Paper - 8 x 10 in.

Seventh day of Strada Easel Challenge

 

Miniature Roses

 

Oil on canvas paper - 5 x 5 in

Day 5 of September Strada Easel Challenge.  Struggled with this as the second layer was pulling off the first layer of paint.  Maybe I used too much medium.  Maybe it was because of the canvas paper.  Who knows?  On with another!

 Oil on canvas board - 16 x 20 in.

First painting for the Stradaeasel challenge - September, 2022

Soft and Easy

oil on canvas - 10 x 10 in

Four David Austin Roses in Glass Pitcher

oil on canvas - 14x14 in

Still trying to get the shadows darker in the flowers.  

 

Japanese Lanterns and Elephant Bell

 14 x 14 in - oil on canvas

Another try at the japanese lanterns.  Spring is here, so live flowers from now on!

Japanese Lanterns and Lemons

oil on canvas - 14 x 14 in.

Thanks, Diane for the flowers. ( I should have painted them when she gave them to me fresh from her garden but I kind of like the dried flowers.  )

Lindy's Pink Poinsettia

White Coffee Pot and Pumpkins

 

16x20 inches - oil on canvas

Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries

 Oil on Canvas - 18 x 18 in.

Zinnias in White Teapot

 

Zinnias in White Teapot

Oil on Canvas, 18 x 18 in.

From zinnias picked at a local flower farm, following the Perrin Method.

Lemon and Blue Jug

Lemon and Blue Jug, oil on canvas, 10x10in.

Magenta Peonies

Oil on canvas - 10 x 10 in.

Done following the Perrin method.

 

Pink and Yellow Roses with Reflection

10 x 10 in.  oil on canvas

Almost a year since I've posted as I have been in a slump because of the pandemic, or, that's the excuse I'm using.  These roses are from two rose bushes I bought for my little patio and the focus is the reflection of the glass vase on the wall.  I used Dennis' method and am pleased with this first try for the year.  

Peonies in White Pitcher

Oil on canvas , 12 x 12 in

First time ever painting peonies and of course the only ones available are silk, but they seem so real.  Will do several of these until I really get the hang of it.  This is for Dennis' Portrait of the Flower course.

White Flowers and Weights

Oil on Canvas - 12 x 12 in.

More for the flower online course I'm taking.  Peonies next.

Yellow Hibiscus in Fiesta Carafe

Oil on canvas - 12 x 12 in.

This week's assignment for Dennis Perrin's Painting the Flower Portrait course.  Am looking for white roses but they are not available so am painting what is in the garden here at my condo.  More flowers to come.

Red Hibiscus

Collection of Alberto and Vala Sucar

Oil on Ampersand board - 8 x 8 in.

A quick study (has to be as these flowers only last one day) for Dennis Perrins Flower Course.  A single flower.  There will be more of these.  Not a finished painting, but I like how it looks.  

Lemon and Vase

Oil on canvas panel - 8 x 8 in.

Had a great time today with this little study.  First I looked at the video Paul Foxton made for this webinar, then I laid out all the colours he suggested, and then started the video again and painted along.  Never finished a painting so fast.  Learned several things about shadows and values and how to smooth out edges.  Dennis Perrin would have a fit!

Mums and Antique Bell

oil on canvas - 12 x 12 in.

Continuing the show shadow and light. 

Oleander and Tea

Oil on canvas - 12 x 12 in.

Single Rose was deemed too light and not enough shadows, so here I made a point of starting with really dark darks and ended up with reasonable dark shadows which is what I wanted.  Bottom photo was taken at night and not a true copy.

Single Pink Rose

Oil on canvas - 10 x 10 in.

First assignment for the Dennis Perrin online course Painting the Flower Portrait.  Easier said than done.  More to come.

Perfume Bottle and Citrus

8 x 8 in - oil on canvas board

Silver Coffee Pot on Fuschia

oil on canvas - 10 x 10 in.

I think I got a little too ambitious with this one.  Third study for Foundations Course of the Dennis Perrin Method.  I never did get the colour of the cloth,as it is really fuschia, or magenta and not so pink.  Started off with a very dark background and decided on the blue-green which goes better with the ground colour.  

Wine Decanter with Handle

10 x 12 in. - oil on canvas

Second small study for Perrin course, this one being glass.  Next, silver.