"Bowled over" 6"x6" oil on Ampersand Gessoboard

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Decided to do these apples before I ate all of them.  The shadow side of the apples has some green and blue along with the red.   If you use just dark red the color value will not be dark enough. 

Yesterday was around 76 and today it is 83, WOW!    I had spring fever yesterday and just could not tie myself down to paint a daily.   Instead I did something much more fun, I cleaned my desk and then went outside and cleaned my patio.  It is so beautiful, the Tulip trees, Plum trees and Redbuds are all in bloom, the birds are singing and Derby is one month away! 

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"An Apple a Day" 6"x6", oil on canvas

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The clock face I knew was going to be hard but it wasn't the numbers, it was getting the color right.   It had both the orange and blue in it and it was light with shadows and highlights.  Orange and blue are opposites so it ends up being a grey.  At first I had it too dark but as the day progressed it the light on it became lighter and that worked out better.

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"Lipstick Mystery solved" 6"x6" oil on canvas

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Here are the mystery items.   Lipsticks.  A few of you figured it out and I know some of you are still struggling.   Congratulations to those of you who figured it out and I'm sorry I don't have a prize.   I had a few who knew what it was right away. The round ones are different brands but the square ones are Chanel. I loved doing these because of the spots of pink, orange and red shades and also the shiny spots.   The color looks better in person, there is more subtlety in the lipstick shades.

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"Stand up straight!" 6" x 6" oil on canvas

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Silly me!  I thought my little clues yesterday were making it quite obvious what these are.  Some of the feed back included bottles, rings, buttons, perfume, makeup, light bulbs and salt cellars.    One person guessed right maybe many others did too but did not contact me.   I'm giving you one more chance and then tomorrow I will reveal in another painting what they are.   I like the out of focus abstract quality.

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"Intermission" 6"x6" oil on canvas

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They came into the house one at a time,

and very certainly are a favorite of mine.

Staying at home in a drawer out of sight, 

until one is asked to go out for the night.

I have a large version of this painting in my bedroom that is about 4' square that I absolutely love.   Can you guess what they are?

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"All in black" 5"x7" pastel

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This pastel is on Ampersand Pastel Board, and I must say that it really grabs the pastel and allows multiple layers to build up.   This is small, 5"x7", so it was a little tricky to get that wide pastel to make any details but the surface takes more pastel to hide mistakes!

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"All gone!" 6"x6" oil on canvas

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I worked on these round shapes.  It fooled me, I thought they were almost round but when I checked it through an ellipse guide they were a 55 degree ellipse.  (what ever that means) 

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"The Clipon Invasion" 6" x 6" oil on canvas

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They walked like zombies through the studio, not listening to anyone or seeing anyone.  They moved silently though the night only to appear on the desk the next day.   The person who always seemed to be in the studio was puzzled, "Where did they come from? and How did they get here?"   "Funny, I didn't see them yesterday!"

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"Hindsight" 6"x6" oil on canvas

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It is so good to be back in the studio painting my daily ones!  After I came home from teaching and had lunch, I procrastinated (this is one of my skills) by cleaning and reading an art magazine but around 2:30 I decided to jump in and JUST DO THE WORK!  I was a bit nervous about what was going to come off my brushes so I decided to paint a subject that excites me. 

  

My booth at the Kentuckiana Cluster Dog Show went well and I got a number of commissions for dog portraits.   

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"In disguise" 30" x 40" oil on canvas

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This painting was in my "Monsters in my closet" series. Thought I'd include it today since I was reminded of it by a good friend this morning.  Getting ready for the Kentuckiana Cluster Dog Show and taxes have been my main focus for the last 5 days.   We are setting up the booth tomorrow afternoon for the dog show.    I plan to start my daily paintings up next week when all this is over.  Thank ya'll for being so patient and understanding.

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"Children, children!" 9"x14" pastel, NFS

The title refers to what we were talking about during this session.   There were a couple of times we were all laughing so hard we had to stop painting.   Ahh, the good times.  

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"Before & After" 6"x6" oil on canvas

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This is a tall bottle of oil that I've been wanting to paint but it is so tall I thought I could not get it on the small 6"x6" canvas until today when I thought, AH HA!   I can look down on it from above.   The jar of olives was tall and thin also so I put them in a small round jar for contrast.

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"Oh, Balls!" 6"x6" oil on canvas

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Lately I've been trying to find a place between precision and painterly with my painting style.  I got out numerous objects today but gravitated toward these pool balls.   I find these soothing for some reason.  I found them in a thrift store a few years back.  They're a little nicked and the white of the balls are quite yellowed.   I love the sound they make when they click together. 

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"Hammering away!" 6"x8" oil on canvas

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Here is my little family of hammers.   We are all related.   The last Figure class was last night and it was lots of fun, we concentrated on long poses.   I know that Louisville Visual Art Association will have me teach another one.  Everyone did very well and had definite improvement over the course of 8 classes.  All of you were such hard workers!

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"Dee" 5"x7" Pastel on Ampersand pastel board

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Recently I purchased a sample package of Ampersand's pastel board and today I decided I would try it.   It is wonderful to work on, it really grabs the pastel and holds multiple layers.  I love it.  

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"West Highland Terrier" 14"x14" oil on canvas, prints also available

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This has been one of my most popular prints to sell.   The original is still available and there are 8"x8" canvas prints available for $25, 12"x12"- $50, 14"x14"- $70.   They are printed on high quality, water resistant inkjet matte canvas (18 mil.)  All of these are museum wrapped around 5/8" stretcher bars and ready for hanging.   

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"Shetland Sheepdog" (Shelty) 12" x 12" oil on canvas

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Here is one of my many dog portraits that is going to the Kentuckana Cluster Dog show in a couple of weeks.   I've been busy cataloging and finding containers for all the paintings and prints.  A small 8"x8"  canvas print is available and ready for hanging for $25.   If anyone wants one of these prints please contact me by email.

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"White coffee" 5"x7" oil on canvas

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Thought I'd do whites again.   The only thing that is pure white is the highlight on the top surface of the marble and a highlight on the cup handle.    The white tablecloth has some orange and pink, and there is some yellow ochre in the reflected light areas.    I couldn't resist putting white cream in the coffee.  Yum!

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"Look Ma! A brussel sprout!" 6"x6" oil on canvas

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She was so glad that he liked vegetables.   She was confident that when he grew up he would be a fabulous chef, known the world over.....   I could have named it "Dreams".  You may be wondering why I haven't posted that last couple of days, I just have too much on my plate and and not enough hours in the day. 

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"White out" 6"x6" oil on canvas

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Well I rushed through this one today and it shows.   My goal here was to do something simple and work on white things.  The reflections of the light source on the bowl and bulb are the whitest things on the canvas. The white fabric seemed very bright and I think I got it too bright.  Well tomorrow is another day!

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"Boxer" 12"x12" oil on canvas

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This painting is larger, a 12"x12" museum wrapped canvas, painted on all sides.  Of course it has taken me longer to do this one.   At first glance it looks like you can use yellow ochre and Winsor Newton burnt sienna to get his color, but noooo!   Beside those two colors I had to get out Holbein mars yellow, Holbein yellow grey, Winsor Newton raw sienna, made a dark brown and black mixtures with ultramarine blue and  WN burnt sienna.   I had paint mixtures all over my palette.  But I think it worked.

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"Totally wired" 6"x6" oil on canvas

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What I really like about this composition are the shadows that each object makes, especially the wire.   The grey metal on each object were slightly different one was cool and one was warm.   

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"Plumb down" 6"x6" oil on canvas

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Thought these plumb bobs would be interesting.  One is in an old rotten leather holder that attaches to a belt for connivence.   I want to say here that I really appreciate my Followers and Subscribers.   The fact that you look forward to viewing what I paint on a daily basis is what keeps me going.  I really enjoy receiving emailed comments from you, even thought I might not comment back, they always bring a smile, a chuckle and a bit of joy to my day.  Thank you to all.   Some days you are my inspiration.

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"Lets Bake a pie!" 6"x6" oil on canvas

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I have been wanting to paint this wire blender for a while.  The prongs were a challenge as I expected but what surprised me was the rubber pinch bowl.   That little object took me one and a half hours to get right. Who would have thought!    I'm too worn out to bake a pie now!

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"Club Social" 5"x7" oil on canvas

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These roses still look good after purchasing them 10 days ago.   I decided to show them in the glass vase I've have them in.   Here I'm attempting to paint them with loose brushwork.  In order to do this I removed my glasses and this captures pretty well what I saw.   I went for color value and no detail.   Maybe if you remove your glasses it will look good to you too!

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"Father & Son" 7"x5" oil on canvas.

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Found these two in my tool box the other day.  I love painting tools and probably have enough to last me my lifetime.  I chose this orange background because the turquoise blue handles pop out.  The father is showing his son how to hold the marble gently but firmly.

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"Bud & Rosie have a tiff" 5"x7" oil on canvas

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Due to a snow fall during the night, I cancelled my class this morning.   You know how some days the painting comes so easily and other days.....this was one of those days.   Setting up took me about 1.5 hours.   Couldn't decide what to paint, nothing excited me.   The roses still looked pretty good so I worked on that.   It was a comedy of errors getting everything right.   My canvas fell to  the floor twice and I accidently touched the rose and it flipped into the air and landed on the floor next to my canvas.  Ready to paint and my easel slipped down 2", by the time I was set up I was thinking I should be done by now.   Started out with high hopes, was going to keep it loose and free.  Towards the end I think I had a few strokes too many.   Although the values look right when I take my glasses off.

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"Rosy Morning" 6"x6" oil on canvas

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The roses are holding up very well, so I thought I'd do another.  To talk a bit about the composition a minute, the top side of the cup handle where it is attached to the cup is lined up on the 1/3 over - 1/3 down mark and the center of the rose where all the petals come together is on the 2/3 over - 2/3 down mark.   I tried the flower in different positions and finally came up with this solution and I think it balances nicely.  Of course there would be many other composition solutions but this is the one I chose (and I'm sticking to it!)

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"Bloomin Roses" 6"x6" oil on canvas

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The roses were out from yesterday's set up and I thought "why not do another one".   This time I picked a light blue background and wanted to show the stems in water.  I love how they are refracted.  

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"Rosy future" 6"x6" oil on canvas

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I went to the grocery on Monday to get food before the snow came and as I passed by the flowers I noticed these "Garden Roses" (obvious name) and they were so beautiful I thought I could try and paint them.  Brought them home and put them in the refrigerator.   I was thinking that I was really smart in doing so until I saw them this morning and realized that not only did I forget they were in there I also noticed that I did not put them in water.   Fortunately they were in good condition.  I think I recorded too much information on them but they were fun.

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