Grape reflections 6"x6" oil

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My favorite parts in this painting are the glow in the grapes.   

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I made it! 6"x8" oil

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I am surprised on how long it took for me to paint this one but I think I finally achieved the look I was going for.    The little grape who could.

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Patti on a chair 8"x10" oil

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I struggled with this one because the surface was very slippery for some reason.   I grabbed it in a hurry this morning and did not realize that is was not my usual panel.   I also wish I had left it at an earlier sketchy stage.   The lesson I learned was that sometimes two hours are better than three.

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Bill Fletcher Workshop Day 3, 4"x6" oil

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This was day 3 in Bill Fletcher's workshop.   On this day I spent about an hour on this little painting and the time was broken up into three parts, 10% on the block in, 80% on the middle and 10% on the final touches which he calls bejeweling but I call it "tarting up".   We start by mixing the four or five color values on the block in and then on the middle of the painting process we mix different colors, some cooler and some warmer but keeping the same value as the block in colors, fiddle with the edges and then on the finish the use of a palette knife comes in handy or you can give it the finger...  or thumb.

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Red napkin 6"x8" oil

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This was hard and I hope it is not overworked.  I wanted to try something different for the backdrop.

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Patti in a tam 9"x12" oil

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This is the efforts of the morning.  

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Coffee with cream 6"x6" oil

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I normally drink black coffee but what a treat it is to have coffee with real cream.  Yum!!  I had to buy it as a prop and I couldn't let it go to waste!

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Cream or sugar 6"x6" oil

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I am working on getting looser in my painting  and it is so hard!  I like the sugar bowl and it's ears.

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Mario with a red scarf 9"x10" oil

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I painted this last Saturday but due to some glitch in my computer or my computer skills I lost my whole iphoto application and could not find the picture.   But figured it out yesterday!!   Not where the iphoto went but where it was saved.   Anyway... here it is.  Mario.  We love Mario!  He is a baritone in the opera and also a dancer.

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Bill Fletcher Workshop Day 2 6"x8" oil

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This was the effort of Day 2 of Bill Fletcher's landscape workshop here in Louisville Ky.  We spent most of our time doing 10 minute block in value studies.   This was the last painting in which we could take about an extra 45 minutes to put in more information.   I like the way it turned out.   

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Sugar Sugar Tea 6"x6" oil

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Getting looser and more painterly is a goal of mine.   This painting was fun to do and it is definitely looser than my usual work.   I hope I can keep it up and not get too picky!

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Inspecting my marbles 6"x6" oil

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It was fun to inspect my marbles today once I finally got them out of my head.   I realized that they needed polishing and dusting off and once that was done they looked as good as new.   After taking a count I realized that some were missing.

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Dried rosebuds in green 6"x6" oil

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I just had to paint this twice.   I thought green brought out the rosy color of the buds.

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Dried Rosebuds 6"x6" oil

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Aren't these dried rosebuds so cute in their asymmetric vase!  I found them at a friend's house and just had to paint them.

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Glorious marbles 6"x6" oil

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This morning while trying to paint these marbles it became very dark outside and then the sirens went off here in Louisville.   There was a tornado somewhere here but not in the downtown area where I am located.   My little dog and I just looked out the windows and watched it all blow over.

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Head Honcho 6"x6" oil

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The cherries knew that they had met their leader when they saw #7 because she looked just like them.  She was round and the same red color so they decided to call her "Head Honcho". They loved the way she moved around with ease and grace and they especially liked her mysterious tattoo.  What did it mean?  They were puzzled and awed at the same time.

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Redish hair 6"x6" oil

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Today started the winter Saturday portrait group which is going to meet every other saturday for a while.  We had this lovely young woman pose for us today.   I had lots of trouble with the painting surface and them it got scratched on the way home.   Darn!   

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Liz reclining 9"x12" oil

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This is the painting I finished today after working on it for two session.  Last friday I painted the layout, sketched in the the whole figure, finished the face and hair area and today finished the rest of the body area.

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Bill Fletcher Workshop Day 1 6"x8" oil

This is the result of my first day's painting experience in the Bill Fletcher workshop that was held here in Louisville KY.    It  was very informative and I am excited to be in the workshop which will take place every other week over the next three months.  This workshop concentrates on landscape and all the necessary steps including composition, design, value, color, atmospheric perspective and how to structure the process into three basic steps: block in, middle and finish.

 Bill Fletcher lives and teaches in Lexington KY and we are fortunate to have him so close.   Check out his work here.

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A berry good breakfast 6"x6" oil

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This is my answer to the Daily Paintworks challenge which is to paint your breakfast.   Last weekend I got a bunch of berries at the grocery at a "berry"good price!   Ever since then I have been eating berries for breakfast and sometimes even for dinner!  Berry wonderful!

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My cup runneth over 6"x6" oilo

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I could not resist putting the cherries in this cute little glass.   To make the light source side brighter I lathered the paint on with a trowel or to put it more delicately, a palette knife.  This latest batch of cherries are so large, red and shiny!

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Hail hail, the gang's all here 6"x6" oil

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This combines two of my favorite things, stripes and cherries.   I am trying to get into painting loosely again.

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Red white & blue 6"x6" oil

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I had to get a marble in there somewhere so I used my favorite blue one.   Looks rather patriotic don't you think?   

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Laughing cherries 6"x6" oil

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These cherries look like they are rolling around laughing at the cherries in the bowl, and maybe they are.  I painted this two days ago and forgot to post it so then I was going to post it yesterday, but I forgot then too!   I tell you, I am having some trouble getting back into the strict routine that I had before I left for two months.  Here is my somewhat flimsy excuse, I painted on a commission portrait yesterday and that took all my brain power.   My energizer bunny batteries must be getting low.

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Cherry inspection 6"x6" oil

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It felt so good today to just paint freely and I had to start with cherries which for me are so much fun to paint.   I wanted to start the new year with something positive and fun.  And of course I had to use my favorite magnifier.

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Mario's red vest 8"x10" oil

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Last painting for 2011.   Mario is one of our favorite models so when I realized he would be available on Friday I knew it would be perfect for our last painting in 2011.  

I wish all of you a wonderful bright New 2012 Year!

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Sunset in Cuenca 6"x6" oil

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This was the view of the old part of Cuenca that I could see from my bedroom everyday.   The sky was always changing.  I struggled with this one and still am not happy but the day is getting dark and I need to quit painting, so here it is.

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Crossing Traffic 6"x6" oil

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As you see this is the same little lady, as in yesterday's painting, crossing the street.   I think I like this one best because she is in motion.

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Looking at traffic 6"x6" oil

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She stopped, looked at the traffic and then crossed the street.   Now the dangerous thing was not the traffic but the sidewalk itself.  Seems they have these "ramps" (do you see the one in front of her?) on the sidewalk to allow carts and or cars to get up the curb, but while walking down the street you have to be super aware of these so as not to trip or slip on the slope.  Slippery slope indeed!   One day while trying to negotiate the people on the sidewalk and trying to look into store windows one of my feet stepped on this slope and slipped toward the street because the tile was so slick.   Sometimes I even tripped on the elevation.   It is very dangerous to look anywhere but where your feet are going.  This sidewalk is very spacious compared to some where you could hardly pass anyone coming the opposite way.  The person I was with slipped or tripped one day on one of these ramps and went down face first, busted his lip and head and now has a nice scar on his lip as proof.

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Bethan in Black & white 9"x12" oil

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There was a very light turnout of painters in our Friday Go Figure group.   I hope we get more people coming because it would be nice to be able to continue our Friday sessions.  We had Bethan today who is an excellent model.   Thought we would do something in classic black/white/red.   Sorta like a santa suit but not.   That is what was missing!

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