Persimmons

6x6in Oil on gessoboard

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I managed to paint a couple of Persimmons before the season ended....I love this fruit so usually they

get eaten before I think about  painting them! Orange is another hard color I find difficult to paint, mainly because of the darks! It came down to  mixing  red, yellow and blue with a touch of burnt sienna.

Recap of July Paintings

July 2015

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I find it helpful to take a break and paint a few small ones when I am painting bigger work....it's    good to mix things up, it keeps the boredom at bay!   This is my small lot for last month  Blue Thimble, Evening Softness, Waterlilies and Mini Pumpkins  (Sold)...might aim for five this month!!

Blue Thimble

6"x6" Oil on gessoboard

$100 +s/h
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A new addition to my ongoing cotton series...and a new plastic thimble!! First time I've seen bright colored plastic ones, so I bought two others...orange and lime green. They will definitely feature in future paintings!!

It's All About Glass

8"x6" Oil on gessoboard
$100+ s/h

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Time for a bit of a change! I like the difference in the size and shape of these bottles. I love the blue with the green and the marbles too.  To top it off they are standing on my glass palette...my favorite thing to use when painting still life. So it really is... all about glass!!

Blue Matches

6"x6" Oil on gessoboard
$90 + s/h

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Nearly back to normal again!! Most of the house renovations are finished at last! The builders start my studio next week...I will be so glad to have some space! 

I've had this box of matches sitting around for ages, it's the first time I've seen blue ones, I have no idea where it came from but love painting closeups and reflections... my glass palette has become ideal  to sit still life subjects on!!

I'm busy doing a few larger paintings but will always love doing my small ones and will fit them in whenever I have time.

High Heeled

Two 6"x 6" Oil -Framed

$250 each

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These two paintings have been finished at last! I have just picked  them up from the framers and they are now available! I usually paint black and red shoes but  me being me I get a bit bored with the same thing, so this time it's blue!!

Blue Headscarf

Drawing #59

Graphite and watercolor

This is a drawing from a photo...I liked the tousled hair and it was a challenge! I'm back from my holiday and will have some paintings on the go again soon! Behind with my daily paintings, but I can't be perfect all the time!! I'm still enjoying  drawing... working on a  guy with dreadlocks... fun!!

Sewing Assembly

6"x6" Oil on board

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Another one in the cotton series...this is a bit different from the reels of cotton I usually do. I enjoyed painting the silver in this, the thimble has some subtle color reflections that I like. I still have more to come but they will be different colors...I've been painting a lot of blue and need a change!

New Keys

6"x6"Oil on board

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The Daily Paintworks challenge this week is to paint a tool of some kind...these aren't exactly tools but one of the keys opens the door where the tools are kept! The blue and gold keys here are new ones we had cut... never had a blue key before!

Complimentary Cottons

6"x6" Oil on board

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Back on the cotton theme again... complimentary colors look so good  and  appear brighter when placed next to each other and I love this blue/orange combination! I am enjoying painting these and still have more to do, but like to  paint other subjects as well so sometimes there will be flowers, animals, food and landscape...all the things I love!!
This is much clearer when viewed in person, for some reason I could not get a clearer photo...I adjusted the settings on my camera and tried all sorts of things but nothing worked!