Tag Archive for: Impressionist

Day 18 of 30 in 30

 Wow! It's crazy how fast the month is going! Day 18...Next thing you know I'll be 2/3rd done and so on... But I am so glad I am doing this. Discovering myself through while developing as an artist. It's so priceless...So here is today's color…

Day 17 of 30 in 30

I actually did two paintings yesterday... I did a nocturne last night... Oh... there is nothing like it. It's a great experience. Peaceful and Exhilarating... I loved every moment of it.Almost Full - Nocturne10" x 8"brush and oilToday's color…

Day 16 of 30 in 30

30 paintings in 30 days... I am still keeping up. I was under the weather today, been sleeping all day long but felt so wrong not to paint... Finally in the afternoon, got a small quick painting going and finished it. Woo Hoo. Keep going girl! It…

Day 15 of 30 in 30

Today's color is orange. No oranges, but I have a grapefruit, carrots, Orange plate, a jar of very orange honey and an orange vase. It's amazing how many orange objects I could come up with. I am having so much fun painting these!Here is the…

Day 14 of 30 in 30

The sun has been with me... Thank you Sun!Today I explored purples.... Purple plums... purple vine glass... purple cups... First I had no idea what purple things I was going to paint... I had a purple dumbbell and my purple Crocs out... But…

Day 13 of 30 in 30

Today's color is RED! Wow, I haven't spent this long on a painting in a long time... But this one took forever.I had more objects, yes, but I need to learn how to paint faster, go the color right the first time so I keep it fresh and fast... But…

Day 12 of 30 in 30

Wow! What an eventful day...Got started on a new series of paintings... And fixed some bugs on our software that me my my husband create and some problems on our business website, exercised, cleaned the kitchen/living area. We are taking care…

Block Studies…

I have signed up for another workshop with Susan Sarback in June. Plein Air Landscape in Napa, CA.  While I am waiting for the workshop, I plan to do small studies helping me refine my color perception. So there will be plenty of block studies…

Cactus – Pear (finished)

Cactus - Pear11" x 14"Oil on BoardFinally finished this... You should see my poor pear... It's been sitting on the little table all set up... gradually shrinking and shriveling everyday. Also getting semi-baked under the hot 500W halogen bulbs!!!…

Cactus-Pear (continued 2)

End of Stage 2.... All the masses are adjusted for Hue, Value and Chroma.Here is qick shot of the setup.Into Stage 3 now. Working with variations within the masses.