Happy Monday. This is my latest oil painting that I finished over the weekend. I'm very happy with how this one turned out. I enjoy painting my blue bottles that I collect, and added a bowl of grapes (from Wet Canvas Ref Library) to the painting. I couldn't figure what to put in the bottle, then a light bulb went off and Chinese Lanterns came to my mind along with Honesty. I actually worked really hard to get the right spacing in here, which I believe I acheived. Next I really am enjoying how all the colors work with each other. I hope all of you enjoy this painting. Thanks for looking and hopefully you will comment. Gallery wrapped Canvas 6"by 6"
Hi Everyone I thought I would share the finished painting from my oil class. We all picked this photo of a female swan swimming in a pond at Brookgreen Gardens. The one thing I did learn on doing this is how to start a painting from a photo. I also learned to use Liquin , so that we could work in layers. The swan was the last thing we painted. I am having a wonderful time interacting with the other artists and learning new painting tips from each. In fact I signed up for the next class starting in March. This is on a 9"by 12" stretched canvas with various shades of oil paints. I can't wait til its Spring again and the Azaleas are all blooming. Enjoy and please comment. Thanks for looking 
Happy Saturday, though not very pretty here at the moment. It is a dark, dismal day with plenty of rain. Thankfully no ice or sleet as we are still above freezing. I thought this is a good day to show my oil painting that I worked on all last week. The blue pansies are from a photo of ones from last year and the yellow from a another photo. The yellow ones are in a litlle blue bottle. This blue bottle is from a photo of mine with crab apples. I put the crab apples in and it looked to Christmas, with the red and greens. So this is when I put in the yellow pansies. I still having trouble with space, as still too big for size of canvas but I think I did acheive some drama. Pansies have little faces so I hope they smile for everyone. Thanks for viewing and I appreciate everyone's comments.
