Sunflowers in a Jug

I'm not sure why I'm painting flowers all of a sudden...my passion is really creating quirky women.  I think it's good for me to try different things.  I'm waiting for some fabric to arrive to enable me to finish a quilt I'm working on - just staying busy.

I painted this from my imagination.  I really should have set up a still life - my lighting is off - oh well...

what I did

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Blue Chair with Geraniums

I've repainted the flowers on this piece so many times, I'm exhausted.  (It's not meant to be realistic, merely the suggestion of geraniums...)

I made my own stay wet tray to keep the acrylic paints from drying out.  A quick trip to the dollar store to purchase 9x13 cookie sheet and shammy.  Since the cookie sheet is steel (not stainless) I lined with with plastic, cut the shammy to size, soaked the shammy in water; placed it on cookie sheet and covered it with a piece of baking parchment cut to size - so far so good.  Now that I've finished painting for the day, I covered the whole thing with Press'n Seal.  I think it may keep it wet for a day or two - hoping it will any way!

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A Blue Chair...

Taking a break from working on a new quilt.  Another still life...

cover up that blank canvas!

drawing with watercolor pencil; blocking in underpainting

trying my best to keep the paints dry - it's hot in here!

it's coming along - hope to get back to this in the next day or so

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Imagine that...

This painting changed dramatically from where I left off yesterday.

where I left off yesterday

from tulips to poppies with a palette knife

purple daisy like flowers are now lilacs

the vase is now white - background painted over too

Blocking In...

Blocking in mid-tones...this is going to be harder to do than I thought!

Loosening Up...

Working on a still life - something I rarely do.

light wash of gesso and burnt umber

loose gesture drawing of an imagined still life

now the fun begins - paint this baby!

mixed media still life...

A couple of quick sketches in my latest journal - two still life drawings using mixed media.

I know, I know, perspective a bit off, shadows questionable, but I love the painterliness (is that even a word?) of what I created here...

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