One Painting a Day

6x8 acrylic on canvasboard Another Sargent study- always something to learn. With this one, it was that odd, soft grey-green, almost leanin...

6x8 acrylic on canvasboard And another Sargent study. I love this one, it's simple and still immediate, somehow. You have to wonder how...

6x8 acrylic on canvasboard aaaaaand, SUSHI! I hadn't ever tried to paint the pieces with the fish draped over the top, soft pinks, sligh...

6x8 acrylic on canvasboard Pretty colors :) No, really, with this one.... sometimes I lean towards making the subjects of my dailies too big...

6x6 acrylic on canvasboard Ever had a composition that feels familiar somehow, you just can't quite place it? That's the way this o...

6x8 acrylic on canvasboard ... and probably the last one by Sargent for a little while. More realistically, for a couple of days- I really,...

6x8 acrylic on canvasboard And another one studying Sargent- this one is much better in person. It really surprised me how much the eye fil...

6x8 acrylic on canvasboard Something different today- and probably for the next few days. This is study of a painting by John Singer Sargent...

6x8 acrylic on canvasboard These things are surprisingly addictive! Something about that creamy, pale green and the way it contrast with th...

6x8 acrylic on canvasboard Same bottle, switching around the diretion of the light and the background- the color comes out a lot more this ...

6x8 acrylic on canvasboard I thought colored glass would make for an interesting challenge- I was trying to think of other pretty transluce...

6x8 acrylic on canvasboard You know, this thing has been hanging by the door for I don't know how long, and I can' believe it hadn...

6x6 acrylic on canvasboard More cherries- dramatic lighting, even more dramatic reflected lights. Gotta love any fruit with such intense co...

6x8 acrylic on canvasboard Thought about calling it "Treasure Chest", but went more matter-of-fact. And this, my dears, is "...

6x6 acrylic on canvasboard The same silver ball, with two littler marbles next to it, and reflected in it. Transparency, with the glass, an...

6x6 acrylic on canvasboard As you're probably suspecting, this is inspired by Duane Keiser. I love his dailies, the subtle way he uses ...

6x6 acrylic on canvasboard It's been a wonderful day! Didn't get hardly anything "done", no, but we went to the museum and...

6x8 acrylic on canvasboard .... and it's Friday again! Wow, the week has gone by quickly here. Planning a trip to the newly reopened No...

6x6 acrylic on canvasboard A somewhat cloudy portrait of my favorite flower.... for me, it is one of the most difficult to paint, but I...

6x8 acrylic on canvasboard .... and for today :) I'm so proud of myself with the backlighting on this one! Trying to figure out what ot...

6x8 acrylic on canvasboard Sorry about the late posting! Hr Nuggetness seriously deviated from our routine last bight, but that hopefully i...

6"x8" acrylic on canvasboard Bought this just for painting, and then had to do something with it, so it would up on a quesadilla.....

4"x9" acrylic on paper Pretty colors :) The blue is Phthalocyanine Blue and my ubiquitous Titanium White, and I am loving it.... ...

4"x9" acrylic on paer #859

4"x9" acrylic on paper Same fruit, a little bit of a different setup... inspired by Barbara Kacicek, yes, and the fact that I act...

4"x9" acrylic on paper Sometimes I feel silly putting these little bitty paintings in boxes to ship them, especially when they...

And another one of the sculpey pieces.... I dunno, I just really wanted to share this one. #856

6x8 acrylic on canvasboard My first attempt at... is it still a vegetable if it's actually a flower bud? Pretty, anyways :) #855

2"x3" This is an odd little one... something I'll want to try again, I'm thinking :)

5x7 acrylic on panel Back in my little groove, and happy about it! #854

And another one :) Back to paintings tomorrow! #853

And another one. I can just see somebody putting it in the kitchen or somewhere as whimsical diet inspiration or something... Maybe I'll...

Something different I'm trying out for Whimsicals- Sculpey and iridescent pigments and paint all liquid-nails-ed to a canvas. Fun! #851

5x7 acrylic on paper Wow. Eight hundred and fifty posts. Eight hundred and fifty paintings.... and there's just more and more things tha...

5x7 acrylic on paper Her Nuggetness is grumpy, I've gotta run... I really like this one, though! #849

5x7 acrylic on paper .... and more with the tomato theme. Plotting on some artichokes, though..... that'll hold till after Whimsicals, ...

5x7 acrylic on panel And another little bit :) I picked a really round one this time- they always look kind of silly to me, but cheerful, y...

5x7 acrylic on paper Just a little bit of summertime :) #846

5x7 acrylis on canvasboard Putter, putter, puttering, the Whimsicals Show is a week from today.... wait, it's after midnight again. A w...

5x7 acrylic on paper Happy Friday!!!

5x7 acrylic on paper It's been a while since I did any glass, hasn't it? Have to try again soon, this was fun.... and easier than I ...

6x8 acrylic on canvasboard Woohoo, before midnight! Now I've got to run, the little adventurer is geyying squirmy :) #842

6x8 acrylic on canvasboard Posting after midnight again... trying to decide just how bad of a pattern this is :-/ #841

6x6 acrylic on panel Back in the saddle! Finally found my camera about thirty minutes ago, it vanished towards the end of the Durham Art Wal...

18x18 acrylic on stretched canvas And yet another one of my "big" pieces. Not to worry, we'll be back to the ebayables tomorro...

8x8 acrylic on cradled hardboard sold Another non-daily, obviously :) This one..... I was happy with it, and now I'm plotting on some c...

12x12 acrylic on cradled hardboard Remember when I said I was going to paint a strawberry as big as my head? I did it! Great big 'ol thi...

8x10 acrylic on canvas And once again, gorgeous colors.... I promise. This one just refused to photograph, for some reason :( Trying to get ...