Spanish Red Onions

6"x6" Oil on gessoboard

These two were painted before they went in the pot! I found the values and color shifts tricky because they are so subtle...but I love the scraggly bits at the top!
My calendar will be ready by mid November...whew!! Cutting it fine this year!
I am going to Australia for a holiday with my family later this week so I won't be posting while I'm away.  Back in a couple of weeks!!

Red Onions

8"x8" Oil on board

$120 + s/h
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These red onions came from the market, I don't often see them with the roots still attached like this...so it was a lucky find! They look like they have beards...fun to paint!! I liked the strong shadow the light created and muted reflection from my gray glass palette.

Red Onions

Drawing #6
Pen and watercolor sketch

This sketch was done very quickly because I was running out of time. My idea is to do a drawing  every day for this year and not to do any ahead of time if I can help it...so some days there will be simple quick sketches like this one! I have four  sketch pads.... watercolor, pastel, oil and plain paper. These red onions were bought at our local farmers market and are delicious when cooked with the heirloom tomatoes in the previous post!!

Onions

Day Eighteen-30 Paintings in 30 Days

6"x8" Oil on board

$90 +s/h

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Because it's Saturday here today, I thought I would go a bit easy on myself and paint something simple .... what could be hard about painting onions? Well I found out! There are a lot of subtle value changes for a start....then there is the skin that's peeling off in parts! Anyway I got through it and learned a lot...so it was worth it. I will  never think that way again!!!