Vanilla Buttercream

3 1/2" x 3 1/2"
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Not bad, though, since they go together so well.... it's funny how much fun I have painting icing, considering I don't like eating it at all. It's just so pretty!

Turquoise Icing

3 1/2" x 3 1/2"
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Yay, daily painting! For reals, though, sorry I missed yesterday.

also different.

so what do you think of this new look? something I'm toying with.

something different....

sorry I missed yesterday! Baby is sick, and now I've got it too.... *blugh*

Origami Crane - Shades of Grey

8"x8"
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I think I'm falling in love with grey :)

WIP

9"x12"
just getting started.... we went to the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, and I got all inspired. It is a GREAT museum!

Haunted Strawberry

3 1/2" x 5 1/2"
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THERE. Something finished. Poor little thing, definitely the last on of the season.

um... oops.... another WIP

8"x8"

I'm not finishing any paintings this week, am I? Can I blame it on the weather?

and another WIP

12"x12"

this seems out of character, doesn't it? do you think I ought to try and finish the fluffy little bits of cuteness?

I think so. they make me smile.

WIP

9"x12"

trying to hold on to summer....

Orange Handled Scissors

5"x7"
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That's the thing with daily paintings, sooner or later you paint every single thing in the house. Here we have the scissors that were sitting on my table where Naomi left them, when I was casting about trying to figure out what to paint :)

Taking on the Attributes

9"x12"
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Allright, I am loving this one but I'm also not sure if it's done or not. Waffling, you know.

Waffle waffle waffle.

Ok, not going to figure it out until I'm better rested....

Falling

9"x12"
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My beautiful little sister.

Upside down.

My Favorite Wrench

3 1/2" x 5 1/2"
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Just because tools are fun to paint :) I need to collect some more, I believe....

Purple and Stripes

3 1/2" x 5 1/2"
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More eggplantiness. It's so round! Round makes me happy.

Kermit Eggplant III

3 1/2" x 5 1/2"
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Adorable little thing, isn't it? There's so much beauty in the world....

Persimmon V

5"x7"
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One of my favorite vendors at the farmers market had one of those little green cardboard boxes full of.... something. Persimmons, but not like any I'd seen before, they were little and soft, with a lovely velvety surface that seemed to hold the light underneath it.

So I just HAD to have them, of course.

And now you can see why. Isn't it just the prettiest thing?

Artist and Studio

5"x7"
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Found this lovely shiny ball behind the couch where the Little One had hidden it, and had to paint it right away! Shiny things are so much fun to paint.

In case you're wondering.... you can see two doors and doorknobs in the ball, and my yoga-pant-clad-legs and one hand.... the jar that holds my paint brushes, the computer screen and tower, and some light coming in through an obscured window. Hm. And a mechanical pencil.

WIP

having more fun with my little muse :)

WIP

well, I think she's still in progress anyways.... she had horns but they weren't working, so now she doesn't have horns and is just a lovely, pale creature in the sunlight... we'll see where it goes :)

Antique Wrench and Marble IV

3 1/2" x 9 3/4"
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Returning to a favorite subject. Worn wood, banged up metal, a marble.... what's not to love?

Venus of Willendorf

3 1/2" x 5 1/2"
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Having fun with my little daily-paintings-on-wood thing :)

sketch

9"x12"
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Ok, please forgive me for sharing fanart.... I think it's an interesting painting aside from the whole fanart aspect of it, so hopefully not too much forgiveness is required :)
In other news, STUBBLE IS HARD TO PAINT. Oh my goodness not fair. I guess it's mostly that it is an unfamiliar texture, and the unfamiliar is almost always difficult, you know? Expressive eyes, on the other hand, those are just fun to do.

Pink and Blue

9"x12"
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Having fun. I've never painted hair like this before, the cut or the color, and of course I usually avoid patterned fabrics.... but for some reason this was an image I just wanted to create! This is one of the lovely folks that stopped by my tent Sunday for Festifall, actually. Hope you like :)

Her Name Meant Ibex

11"x14"
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I have so much fun painting little white-blonde children! And redhead. And everything, really.... kids are just awesome.
Horns are fun too.
Have you ever noticed how the whole people-with-horns idea rarely deals with how the horns *attach* to the head? At least with females, we just bury an imaginary juncture in hair and hope for the best.... well, I tried to address is a bit here. And of course her ears got pointy somewhere along the way. Some pieces just paint themselves if you give them a little thought :)

Portal

this one sold at Festifall yesterday to a wonderful lady, but I am very much in love with it and definitely will be exploring the concept further.... it's too rainy today, though, so I'm letting my inspiration percolate. And by that I mean my muse is curled up on the couch with a toy dragon, and I'm sketching :)

Watching her Sleep

11"x14"
private collection
come and see me tomorrow at Festifall in Chapel Hill! woohoo!

Nest

.... and still trying to get ready for Festifall on Sunday. Feeling overwhelmed, like I always am before a show.... but very happy with the paintings, and that is always nice :)

Fox

trying to get ready for Festifall in Chapel Hill on Sunday!

Turning

16"x20"
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This is a huge painting for me!
Like, literally. 16"x20" is barely inside my comfort zone.
But.... it really felt like it deserved the size, you know? There's something magical about the whole pose.

Passionfruit

5"x7"
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Something different! Abanitu Farms here at the Durham farmers market has lovely, tasty passionfruit right now- that's something that I REALLY want to be growing, I just don't have a good spot for the vine yet :) And of course I had to try painting one, although I definitely have not yet worked up the nerve to try painting an open one!

Crescent Moon

12"x12"
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I love this so much :)
Also, I have the most brilliant little muse ever, don't I?

The World Contained

12"x12"
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Just something beautiful :)
Green glass, white cotton, lovely hands....

Marble and Shadow

3 1/2" x 5 1/2"
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I am just in love with this one! Well, marbles are always wonderful to paint, but the whole flying marble thing is new for me and pretty cool :)

Apricot Glow

5"x7"
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More fruit!
I was just trying to focus on the light here, and I think it worked! Sunlight is so beautiful, and this time of year it streams in the house at the loveliest angles.

Plum on White

3 1/2" x 3 1/2"
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Nom nom nom! Love the reflections or reflected light or whatever it is that goes on with lovely rounded things like this....

Goldfish VIII

3 1/2" x 5 1/2"
sold

I recently got a request to bring little goldfishies back into my daily painting circuit!

Eye V

3 1/2" x 3 1/2"
sold

Ok, this will be the last one for a little while, I promise :)

Eye IV

3 1/2" x 3 1/2"
sold

'nother eyeball :)

Eye III

3 1/2" x 3 1/2"
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It's been a while since I did just a random feature closeup like this.... thought it might be particularly fun on a small square of wood!

Reflections of Marbles

3 1/2" x 5 1/2"
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Still on a roll with the wood! I especially love painting something shiny on these pieces, it contrasts so nicely....
Well, I love painting shiny stuff anyways. On anything. But you knew that already.
With this I tried sanding the paint back out in the background, to show off the whole wood grain thing I guess.... even more contrast? I think I like it. Weathered vs. shiny in addition to the basic materials contrast. And of course the fun of painting all the marbles you can't actually see in this painting :)

Marble and Wrench

3 1/2" x 5 1/2"
sold

Breaking out the toolbox on this lovely, rainy fall day. Hope you're all having a wonderful end to the week!

Copper Zippo

3 1/2" x 5 1/2"
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Definitely enjoying my new surface for daily paintings! There's something nice about the contrast between the wood grain and the textures I'm creating with the paint.

Alizarin Crimson

8"x16"
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Just something beautiful. Inspired by the lovely Julie McNiven as Anna on Supernatural, but I definitely had some fun with it all- I just loved the shapes her hair was making, and the lovely open look on her face,

Of course, at the time she was hearing voices.....

Anyways. I'm still having lots of fun playing with soft edges, especially here, and then the light on her cheekbones was worth doing the whole painting just in itself. The title, you ask? Well, it's a paint color. And I used a lot of it mixed in with her hair, and edging her eye, and then just the tiniest bits mixed in around her lips and the edges of her nose. Trying to bring everything together :)

Sugar Skull

9"x12"
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Something strange :)

Definitely related to "Shadow Side" from earlier this year- same striking little girl, similar Day-of-the-Dead-inspired makeup, but a lot more subtle in some ways. I love that she seems so powerful in this one!

Eggplant XI

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Same little beauty as yesterday, just looking the other direction :)

Eggplant X

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Another experiment in painting on wood! I think it totally works, thanks in part to having The World's Cutest Eggplant as a most cooperative model.

Tricolor Marble III

3 1/2" x 5 1/2"
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Isn't this fun? I went to Home Depot today and got some 1x4s, brought them home and broke out the circular saw to cut them into little daily-painting-sized pieces! Some sanding and a coat of paint  and some more sanding before I start the actual daily painting part, and all is well. And this was I get to put a small hole in the back of it, and you can hang my daily paintings just like that, no framing or anything unless you want to!

This makes me happy. I'm working on two life-sized eggplants like this right now :D

Silence

8"x16"
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I'm pushing myself to use more soft edges.... and here, just about all of the edges are soft! I love the difference in the way things feel because of that :)

just doodling....