Summers' Bounty (11x14)

I worked again on this today (Sunday) I had my son buy an apple at the store. I changed the position of the apple & repainted it.  I think the problem I was having was the position of the apple was like a bullseye where the stem was and no matter what I did I could not make it look right, my eye went right to the center of the apple. That is a lesson I think I will remember. I worked on the watermelon--it was an easy fix.
Whew!
Hope you like this better too!!!Happy painting

Summers Bounty (WIP)

I worked some more on this today--I repainted the daisy-like flower and I like it so much better--it was so bright and stiff before. I worked on the watermelon  too, and after taking this picture, I see my what I need to fix, also on the apple on the left. I have painted so many apples but I am struggling on this one --I jinxed myself on this apple--i looked at it and said "piece of cake", no problem---Yeah, sure--I have painted it at least 4 times--I had to stop today as i was ready to burn this painting. aargh--maybe tomorrow will be a better day! Brushes are washed and I am tired and know I need to stop on this one till I get my act together. Happy painting.

Bounty of Summer WIP

I had a chance to work on this today (8-3-14) I am not quite finished--I see things I want to fix, -this is on an extremely slick surface  --it is hard to work on--so I hope it will dry before I work on it again, as the paint seems to lift when I add more paint--This was fun for me because I got to do the set-up myself yesterday  in Adams class and he liked what I set up--that gave me so much confidence (we all need that conformation that we are going the right way.) I like the composition too--i liked how the shadows fell--they mad a great pattern. Hope you like it too. As I said. This needs more work --but not too much --you can see from my lay-in post, I did move things some what-I made some corrections in the placement. Happy Sunday!

Watermelon Saturday

I did this on the last date of Adam Clagues' class which was on a Saturday, Aug. 2nd (so there is the name) As always mine initial lay-ins are terrible messy ugly --I see other people have beautiful initial lay-ins but not me---I gotta be me! I have to get everything covered before i can adjust and ohhhh do I see a lot of adjustments!!!So very tired, but a good tired!

Class Flowers

well today went much better --I did not get lost today---what a treat--I was actually able to finish this and start another one--it is a set-up with a watermelon! I just had time to do my rough lay-in and I will post the ugly start very soon. Adam is a wonderful painter and teacher---he is very sharing---we learned alot !

Class flowers

This is what I worked on in Adam Clagues' class--it is not finished yet --i have to change the background on the left and I want to work on the rose in the vase on the right and also the rose at the bottom on the far left---aargh--I have been up since 3:30 or so making the changes in my head.. Adam is a wonderful teacher and fabulous artist and I loved his wife who is a gifted artist in her own right. Lots of learning in this class.  I won't bore you with my traumas going to and fro to the class--It was a 3 day class & for the first 2 days I got lost.....we will see if I get lost today on the last day--I don't think I can take any more stress--lol
Anyway i will post another version of this  when I get it to completion--or not--it has been a struggle. Today, Saturday, I want to take a lot of pictures of all the set-ups they had for us. Sorry this is a little negative, but i am soooo tired! :-)

I Love Tulips (9x12)

This goes with the 1st photo above.
I made the changes that I told you I was thinking---I do like this a lot better. Yellow is a happy color, you have to be careful it doesn't get too bright. This was another fun little painting. I remember painting tulips a long time ago and I thought they were so stiff--I like these better, not so stiff! Happy week-end.
I saw some things I wanted to change after I posted here and fb (this always happens) so the lower photo shows what i fixed. I subdued the bright green on the leaf in the vase on the right, I made a more pleasing shape on the leaf on the far left --I changed the shape of the lower middle tulip-it was following the shape of the tulip above it---just little things but things that drove me crazy! I can't see them until i post!