Exercise 6 Not For Sale

8"x10"  oil Not For Sale

This was fun to paint.  Dreama's colors are so bright and joyful and she chooses images to paint that highlight those beautiful hues.  I really struggle making straight lines though.  I think I need to either avoid them or take a drafting class.  It is a good thing that I do a limited number of architectural subjects!

The Wall

9"x9" oil

This is another painting I completed at Dreama's Workshop.  I came away from that workshop with a couple of reminders and realizations.  I try not to remember everything because I find I just feel confused and constrained when I do, so I choose to focus on just a few things.  One thing that really left its mark was that each participant's paintings retained their unique signature style even though we were painting the same image with the same palette and technique.  This kept coming back to me.  Another thing which I really wanted to latch on to, was how to get the brilliant color and little pops of color which is so evident in Dreama's work.  I feel like I achieved that in this painting.  I need to really think about what color combinations excite me and make that a priority in my work, if that is what excites me. 

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Sunshine Balconey 6"x6" oil on linen board #356 architecture

This was a group project we did at the recent workshop I attended.  It was like musical easels and everyone had the opportunity to paint on each others' paintings.  It was timed too.  I wasn't a very good sport and had trouble getting into the spirit of the activity.  When all was said and done, I came back to my easel, wiped off the work and redid it with some variation.  It looks like a confetti garden!

Ready and Waiting oil 6"x6" landscape #354

This was the last painting I did at the workshop.  You just can't beat a beach scene.

Guinguette de l'Air oil 8"x10" #353 sold

This was the third painting I did.  I really like this one and sold it at the workshop.  What a fun subject.

SOLD

PIG oil 6"x6" animal 348

This is a life size ceramic pig of whom I am very fond.  I did this for the Dailypaintworks.com challenge.  I tried to apply the technique I learned at the workshop except that I painted it on a black background and I didn't add the final touches of thick paint and palette knife scrapings.