Musical Easels Upside down

6" x 6" oil

Day 3 and we played musical easels. Each student was given a photo. Some were instructed to paint their painting with the photo upside down (I was an upside down girl). The first painter gets to start their own painting, painting about 10 minutes at their own easel. When the music stops, everyone takes their brush and moves to the next easel to continue painting at that easel.....after changing locations 6 or 8 times, you get to go back to your own easel to see what you see.....and you can have 3 brush strokes to make adjustments before show and tell....Eventually, you can fiddle with it as much as you want to, but everyone's turned out quite well, actually. This is my "Upside down Cupcake by Committee! I like it!

Workshop Landscape

8" x 8" oil

Day 2 of the Dreama workshop. Again painted from an out of focus photo to start....Love the freedom of changing things up to improve the photo....in this one the window box changed size, shape, color and location....and everything about the flowers changed from the original photo. Also, I am in love with loose brush strokes, bright colors and less blending! It will be interesting to see how this workshop influences my paintings!

Workshop Still Life

8" x 8" oil

Sorry that I have not been posting for a LONG time....I am going to attempt to catch up! I have actually been painting and studying quite a bit. So...back to January. This is the first painting I did while at the Dreama Tolle Perry workshop in Marco Island...Lots of fun trying new techniques starting with a photo that was out of focus! That sure took the "squinting" out of the equation! Couldn't really tell what we were painting..just shapes and values until the second photo was handed out! Revelation!!! the flower was a turning away rose ;-).

Julep Time

6" x 6" original oil on canvas panel

NFS

I painted this for friends from a photo they gave me and switched out the julep cup for one that belonged in the family....quite a challenge for me, but I am happy with it and so are they!

Happy Thanksgiving

6" x 6" oil on canvas panel

available at Randy Higbee Gallery

6" Squared Exhibition opening in Costa Mesa, CA December 3, 2011

Hello, again and Happy Thanksgiving to all! Sorry to be out of touch. I never could keep up with a diary...but happily I have been able to find easel time. Actually, lots of painting going on here, table centerpieces and favors for an event (my sis helped me out on those), larger paintings for Corse Gallery and Atelier, in Jacksonville, and some small paintings to enter into the 6" squared show (4 were accepted!). And more excitement !!! a mention in November's issue of Southwest Art Magazine with a picture of my painting (pg. 30). How crazy is that?

Now I am headed to the kitchen to whip up one more Thanksgiving treat, and then off to celebrate with family. Gobble-gobble!

Red Again?

5 " x 5" original oil on linen panel

$95 plus $5.95 shipping - unframed

It looks like red is my favorite color...and maybe it is right now...I just bought a red t-shirt and a red dress! (My favorite color is actually turquoise, and has been since I had a fountain pen with peacock blue ink. That was in Jr. High...Yikes!) Anyway, Happy 4th of July to all...

Hot Stuff

5" x 5" original oil on linen panel

$95 plus $5.95 shipping

SOLD

Another try at simplifying...I am also trying to use MORE paint!