Lindas' Roses 16x20

Here I go... This is a commissioned painting. Requested were Yellow roses and Blue (lavender) roses and babies breath (will be added). As always this is the first of the ugly stages. Linda, don't panic--Lol --it will take awhile, but it will get better--this stage is where I figure out my colors and my shapes. I think the big container may be a copper vessel--but not sure at this point. There will be several stages to this, I am sure!
Happy Painting, everyone!

FLOWERS, I LOVE FLOWERS

Finally got back to this painting that I started several weeks ago. My excuse is I was dealing with a kidney stone of all things.  That all has been taken care of and today is the first day I felt like painting. This is very close to being done, but I may get back to it when i look at it in a few days. I painted this from a picture my daughter sent me of the flowers her hubby gave her for Valentines Day. It was a very pretty bouquet and I liked the colors--I changed it a little. It was fun to paint --the colors of spring...(it did snow a little today, but springs warm weather will come, I know it will! Happy painting and Happy Easter season! God Bless

Flowers, I love flowers!

First block in--this for me is kinda getting the shapes placed--nothing in the right places for sure. the bottom picture shows I am trying to refine a little more (not much) placing colors. Really getting everything covered so I can see placement---this will go on for a while --each pass getting placements closer---have to let this dry a little so I can go further. I love painting flowers-hope you like watching!
I Think this is the first time I have liked my first block-in better than the 2nd I always hope my paintings get better as I go, but this time I like the first one --I like the "airiness"in the first block-in better. Hmmmm -I must remember that!

Silver and Apples 11x14

Finally! I got back to this. I added more colors to the apples. I realized they were too much one color. I darkened the table and added the apple at the bottom, I intentionally made it less detailed than the ones in the bowl. I think its a better composition with it and the leaves---kinda draws your eye around the painting. I'm calling this one done for now. Must live with it for a while, but I know I am close so I will probably post on fb too. Happy Painting my painting friends and Happy Sunday my non-painting friends! Lov you all


Here is the tweaked version  --you can look at both and see what I did. Thought that would be fun to see if you can find any changes. (I'm home today) (3/3/14) because of the snow we got over the week-end so I thought i would fix a few things that bugged me looking at it. May start a floral if i don't take a nap. lol

House Blessing with Sunflowers (SOLD long ago)

I am posting this again (because the story behind it is so cool)--just stay with me---this painting  is one of my favorites anyway)...

I was cleaning out my mail today at work and I found this note below that was in my draft folder ----I had written this before I even bought the sunflowers at the grocery store to use for my painting--I had this painting in my mind!!!--

 A student in one of my painting classes made the "House Blessing" for me years  & years ago. She used wheat that she grew herself & picked herself in Bonner Springs, Kansas. She said it was an old Indian tradition. The Indian tradition was that if you grew, and picked and weaved the wheat yourself, it was believed  it would keep your house safe and blessed! I still have the blessing hanging above my front door. 
Hmmmmmm...now if the grocery store just will have Sunflowers, beautiful sunnies!

Silver and Apples

Step 2
I zoned in on the apples and totally destroyed them--I could not paint-I went in the next room and decided that i had to get away from them, I told myself not to panic. When I got control (lol) I went back to my painting and took turp and wiped the mess off that I had painted earlier. Then slowly I refined the apples and leaf and silver container. I decided I didn't want the edge of the table to show (that is getting boring to me) so I brought the table out.  I am thinking I may put something else in the foreground and I do want to work more on the whole thing, It snowed again today--will it ever end?Happy painting all!

Silver and Apples

This is the first pass. I started this today while being home because of our snow storm---I think we got close to 12". It started Monday, when I left work an hour early because it had started snowing-It snowed and stopped I think late Monday night. Then Tuesday it started snowing and snowed all day and into the night---So I stayed home Tuesday and today soooo I
decided to paint. This will change for the better, I always hope, but feel like I got a good start. Happy Painting--stay warm, and keep your fingers crossed that i can go to work tomorrow., and this painting gets better!  :-)