This year I set a goal of painting at least 12 pictures. One a month for the year. Well, it started of great. I got a couple requests that got me going. Here's a photo of Pet paintings. I have given the originals to the pet owners.
The kitty is Gracie and the dog is Lucy.
I don't do animals much but these guys turned out pretty good.
Then I got the idea to paint some abstract bottles. You will not find any of these bottles anywhere but in my head.
I found a picture of an alley and decided to paint it. It was just a little study since I had only a small piece of watercolor paper handy.
Youngest daughter send me a couple of photos of a winter storm they had. I tried to paint their front door and it was a bust. So I did the boys on the hill sledding photo.
The good guy said paint one of my photos. I love North Carolina coast so I did a composite from 3 photos to come up with this oil painting.
I finished it just in time for summer break. I haven't painted in the summer. I like to be doing gardening and lounging around the pool.
When I was going through what I had done so far, I found I had actually painted the seasons. I had wanted to do that but didn't realize I was doing it.
So here is Spring, Summer, and Fall I
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SPRING
SUMMER
FALL I
These are all water color. I did one more watercolor. It was from a picture in a magazine and it looks great with a painting I purchased at the museum yart sale.
Sorry, Mick I'll have to paint you another one.
I got out my acrylics and decided to try working with them again. The first picture I did was from a workshop art book. I posted it here while doing it.
Path Arch
FALL II
This is Emma in the garden.
This is pansies.
These were done in acrylics. I do like using acrylics. They are not as messy as oils and dry a lot faster. I can make corrections and paint over a lot sooner than oils
The one painting I haven't done yet is Diamond Head on Oahu, Hawaii. Maybe before the end of the year I will do it... if something else doesn't strike my fancy.
Thank you for tuning in. And hope you enjoyed it.
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