"Serves six." 6"x6" oil on gessoboard

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This pie is all tart cherries from my tree.  The other ingredients include lemon zest, lemon juice, a little flour, a little corn starch, sugar and butter.

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"Desert!" 6"x6" oil on gessoboard

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The last piece of the cherry/blueberry pie.   To achieve the color of the pie crust I had to get out my Mars Yellow paint which made it much easier.

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"Lets eat!" 6"x6" oil on gessoboard

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The aroma of fresh baked pie filled the air this morning during class and when the pie cooled we each had a piece.  This particular pie was made with tart cherries from my tree and some blueberries.   The only cherries left now are the ones that are too high to reach so the birds and squirrels will eat those soon.   

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"Bethan the performer" 12"x15" charcoal on Canson grey paper

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Bethan was our model tonight at the 21c Cabaret Life Drawing session.

Bethan has performed and directed circus productions around the country and is a member of the Circus Performance Group at Warren Wilson College. She recently directed her own circus production with 35 performers about a journey across the world told through folklore. To see a sample of her performance click here.

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"Who's the fairest..." 6"x6" oil on gessoboard

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I enjoyed the silver cup yesterday so much I wanted to repeat it.   The cherry branches are tricky since they hang down on the tree, and the cherries which are heavy hang below the leaves so when setting up in order to see the cherries you would have to turn over the branch which then would show the underside of the leaves which, I think, is not as attractive.   Besides I like the light coming through the leaves and making them luminous.                                        

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"Pink Turban" 9"x12" oil on canvas

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Today we painted in a new location which I think will work out very nicely.  I hope to have classes there in the near future.     Our model today was fabulous as usual and we had lots of fun with the turban on her head.

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"Five red cherries" 6"x6" oil on gessoboard

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The cherries are ripe for picking and I guess I will do that this weekend, might be able to get one more painting.   Then I will do a painting of the pie!  This is a "pick them yourself" situation if anyone wants some tart pie makin cherries.

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"Three red cherries" 6"x6" oil on gessoboard

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This cute little glass bottle that I got from Dee's Crafts has been invaluable to me of late.  I love the way the water distorts the colors and images in and around the bottle.

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"Two red cherries" 6"x6" oil on gessoboard

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While painting these twigs, leaves and luscious cherries and their shadows it feels like an abstract where I'm just painting shape and color.   The green has quite a bit or red and orange in them to grey them out sufficiently so they are not a bright green.

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"Four red cherries" 6"x6" oil on gessoboard

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It's that time of year again when my cherry tree is full and soon it will be time to pick them and make a pie.  But before that time comes I thought I'd use this opportunity to paint them first.  I may be a little bit smarter than last year because I thought to put the branch in water so the leaves didn't wilt during the painting.  What a difference a year makes!

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"What is this stuff?" 6"x6" oil on gessoboard

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Sprightly was in a daze wondering around looking for more delicious cheese.  "What is this stuff?  The giant sure spends a lot of time with these things.  Maybe it is something to eat?"   But when he smelled it he just couldn't figure out why anyone would to have anything to do with this stinky stuff.

 For the first half of the painting I wondered why I chose these objects, but in the end I think it might be one of my favorites!    I have struggled every time to get the bronze coloring right.  Of course it looks different when using different lighting and with different colors surrounding.

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"Carolyn and the green kimono" 6"x8" oil

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Carolyn was our ever faithful model today.   Silly me!  I forgot to schedule a model and it was just the she was available at the last minute.    I love the way her eyes are to the far left.   I think in this painting she looks like Cindi Lauper of the "Girls just want to have fun" fame.

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"Sadie" 12"x12" oil on museum wrap canvas

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Sadie, a faithful, longtime companion to Lisa K.     This is a commission I finished recently.   I must say that the whiskers were particularly challenging and fun.    This is just one of the many things that fill up my day besides daily paintings.   Everyday is a new day and every new day is a wonderful challenge!

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"I smell cheese!" 6"x6" oil on gessoboard

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"I smell cheese and there it is!  Finally!"    

I go back and forth on whether I like the smooth gessoboard or the board with canvas on it.   The one today is painted on smooth.   I must say the mouse holds the pose very well!

Bronze mouse created by Steve Worthington to view his blog to see more of his work.

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"Is it food?" 6"x6" oil on gessoboard

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Sprightly has been wandering around for over a week now and so far has only found some swiss cheese and blind mice (which turned out to be chocolate!)   His attention was aimed at this shiny object.   Can I eat it?   Is it food?   As it turned out it was not food and in fact it was hard to get a hold on it and keep it still.   The shiny object seemed to roll all over the place.   When it rolled on to the floor Sprightly was afraid the "Giant" heard it and would come to investigate.  He thought, "I'd better skedaddle"

I thought long and hard about if it would be a good idea to use this dark book that was about the same color/value as the mouse.   In the end you can see I decided to keep the book.  There is basically three colors and I think it unifies the painting.  And I'm sticking to it!

Bronze mouse by Steve Worthington

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"Sketches of Kyle Johnson" 11"x14" charcoal on grey Canson paper

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This afternoon I went down to 21c hotel/museum where they have Cabaret Life Drawing sessions every Sunday.  Kyle Johnson was our model and the ones at the top were 3-5 minutes sketches and the two at the bottom are about 20 minutes each.

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"Three blind mice" 7"x5" oil on canvas

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 Sprightly found these three blind mice (he knew they were blind because their eyes were white) and they were telling him to beware of the knife.  He was mesmerized because they were singing this rhyme... and from then on he was wary of knives and farmers wives, what ever those were!

Three blind mice, three blind mice,

See how they run, see how they run,
They all ran after the farmer's wife,
Who cut off their tails with a carving knife,
Did you ever see such a thing in your life,
As three blind mice?

Chocolate mice from Cake Flour and bronze mouse from Steve Worthington

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"Amanda, profile" 12"x9" oil

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This was the second session for this model.  Her profile was pointed out by another artist and I agreed that that it was a fine profile!  Don't you agree?

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"Hiding in plain sight" 7"x5" oil on Ray Mar panel

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Sprightly was hiding behind the bottle oblivious to the fact that he could be seen.    H was about to make his way across the room to visit some friends.

This wonderful bronze mouse was made by Steve Worthington. View more of his work on his blog.

I struggled with this one today.   I find that some days it falls into place and other days it is not so easy.  

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"Caught in the act" 7"x5" oil on Ray Mar panel

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Sprightly was caught in the act!     I couldn't resist the obvious.   I had to get some swiss cheese to tempt Sprightly so he would come out of hiding.

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"I smell coffee!" 6"x6", oil on gessoboard

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Sprightly was aimlessly walking around this morning when he came across this large green vessel.  "I smell coffee!" he thought as he took a sniff.   Just then "She" walked in and came straight over and reached.... Sprightly ducked as she grabbed the vessel and was secretly glad she didn't see him.   For you see he was afraid of the large giant that was always lurking about and moving things.    It irritated him that when he woke up he could never be sure if his favorite things would be in the same place!

This little bronze mouse is made by Steve Worthington.    To see more of his work please visit his website and blog. 

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"Looking thinner" 6"x6" oil on gessoboard

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Sprightly Mouse was nosing about when he happened to see his reflection in a silver cup.   He said out loud, to no one in particular, "Is that me?  I seem to be looking thinner!"

This little bronze mouse, Sprightly, was made by Steve Worthington.  You can see his blog for more paintings of his mice.

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"Iris beauty" 6"x6" oil

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This is the last iris from my garden.  After taking Sunday off I'll be back on Monday.

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"Iris cocktail" 5"x7" oil on Ray Mar panel

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I understand that you can eat tulips but you can't or rather shouldn't eat irises because they are poisonous.    

Here darling, want a cocktail?

I purchased some Ray Mar panels to see what they are like.  The weave of canvas is larger that I like and lately I have been grooving on the plain Ampersand Gessobord.  

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"Iris siblings" 5"x7" oil on canvas

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We've been having a cold spell and the iris have slowed their growth.   Today there were two of them on the same stem, they worked well in a vertical format.   This morning it rained so hard that it was dark outside and I had to turn on some lights to see what I was painting.    Now the storm has passed and the sun is out... well sort of.

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"Iris with a leaf" 6"x6" oil on gessoboard

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Saturday's painting did not go as planned, after working on it for 4 hours, I realized it was totally unacceptable so I wiped it all off and moved on to work on other paintings.  These little rusty/red irises are smaller and more fragile than my dark purple ones and I had a little trouble setting this one up.   After much struggle I finally have something to show.  

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"Iris, silver, glass" 6"x6" oil on gessoboard

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I choose colors based on the Munsell color wheel.   It is hard to find and expensive to boot so I painted one for myself.  The Iris is a dark redish purple so I chose a complementary color for the background, grey/green.  There is also a lost edge, do you see it?

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"Clink, Clink!" 6"x6" oil on gessoboard

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Break out the Champagne!   Today marks my One Year Anniversary for my Painting a Day!  Who would have thought that I could do this for a year.  I want to thank all of you who have been faithfully following me all this time.  I have around 90 subscribers and 46 followers (I must confess that I don't know what the difference is).  You are the ones that keep me going through the rough spots.   

A toast to you!!  Clink Clink!

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"Iris Ilean" 6"x6" oil on gessoboard

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Even though the irises look beautiful and I love painting them, I do miss walking to the bakery and getting something wonderful to eat every day.   I know I can still go but there is no necessity and I get some satisfaction that it is better for my budget and waistline.  Can you eat irises?

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"What did you say?" 6"x6" oil on gessoboard

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Iris had to lean over to hear what Marble was saying.   He was asking her if she liked being out of the garden.  She supposed it was alright but couldn't really concentrate on what he was saying because she was transfixed on the sparkle in his eye.

Painting these irises is sort of like abstract painting because there are so many contours catching the light that the object that your painting is not a thing but a  grouping of color values.  

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