Orange Mosaic #3

"Orange Mosaic #3"

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Palette knife oil painting on 6 x 6 inch Arches paper for oils, 

mounted on Crescent mat board. 

You're probably thinking "this girl is in a serious rut" at this point.

I assure you, there's only one more orange to come, then I'll get 

on to other subjects. They have been so much fun to paint!

Pink Lady - Destroy & Rebuild

"Pink Lady"

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Palette knife oil on 6 x 6 inch Arches paper for oils, mounted 

on Crescent mat board. This is one of my absolute 

favorites - using the destroy and rebuild method results in such 

a lovely soft look.

In Honor of Pi Day 2016

"Cherry Pie"

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Painted in honor of National Pi Day.

6 x 6 inch palette knife oil on Arches paper,

mounted on Crescent mat board.

Prickly Pear Close-Up

"Prickly Pear Close-up"

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Palette knife oil on 6 x 6 inch Arches paper, mounted

on Crescent mat board. Absolutely love the delicately colored 

blossoms on prickly pear.

Squash, Anyone?

"Squash Trio"

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Don't Move!

"Black-tailed Jackrabbit"

8 x 6 inch palette knife painting on stretched

canvas, unframed.

Why You Should Finish What You Start

"Prickly Pear"

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8" x 10" palette knife oil on canvas panel, unframed.

Started on site, finished in the studio. I posted earlier versions of

this painting as I worked and have just, finally, finished it this week.

Why should you finish what you start? It feels so good!

Spinning

"Spinning"

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I get a little anxious with this "destroy and rebuild" technique as I'm never

sure what will happen after I pull a brush through a "finished" painting

in every direction, really messing it up. However, interesting things occur

during the rebuilding process. This one worked, and there's a definite

sense of movement through space.

Broken Color #2

"Broken Color #2"

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I'm getting good at using these techniques with pieces of fruit, but am

still struggling to do it successfully with other subjects. I'll keep

trying though, as I love the effect.

Painting Progression - Prickly Pear

Yesterday I started a "Self-Study" workshop with Meredith Milstead. It meets 4 Sunday afternoons in May and I've chosen to work on my "unfinished plein air" pile of paintings which is getting rather large. I'm starting with the one I began a few days ago. The top photo is my subject at a plein air paint out with Tuscon Pastel Society at Tanque Verde Ranch. Next is the block-in, value study, done that morning and the bottom photo shows what I accomplished in class yesterday - still a lot to be done, obviously. I'd like to achieve more of a broken color effect on the prickly pear pads, but am not sure I can manage that. 

I'll be working from photos in class, though she prefers we work from life - thus my homework will be studying reflected light, and I'm tasked with painting something each day and sending her a photo - to prove I'm working! It's getting hot here in Tucson, and I'll be working from a still-life setup, so I bought 3 pretty Bartlett pears this morning.