Food Fun

 seven cuties 

 seven chocolates and a cookie

fruit is good for you

having mine with custard, chocolate and a little pastry! 

#28 of 30 days

 

28

cleaning out the kitchen drawer

or 

I Pick You

22 - hate to say I told you so...

It Fell!

Thanks to Leslie Saeta's Challenge

I am painting every day this month!

10 - still sweet

still sweet

Thanks to Leslie Seata's Challenge

I hope to paint every day this month!

19 of 30

Nuts!

I'd rather watch football ;)

good health - for 3 days anyway

3 apples

been enjoying lots of apples

honeycrisp

gala

and pink ladies

are the best

the bank

you lookin' at me?

The DPW Challenge this week is to paint your pig...

I went with the bank :D

Had to dust it first

that's not to say that it's empty

but it's not full either...

Shelf Life

ted e bear shelf life

Here's where it all began

I guess it does look a little boring...

I'd probably have taken off on an adventure trip, too.

It's over and I'm in denial...

 

Scallop

 

Sand Dollar 

Summer is over and I'd like one last trip to the beach. These little bits serve as reminders of warmer days, salty air and sand between my toes.

largest most delicious local berries

I found the most Perfect Red for my palette...and then I ate it!

Just a little bit of fun before the strawberries are gone.

Little Things Along the Way

Lily White
I've been having such a difficult time finishing projects I decided to do a few small works while the large projects are in progress.









Little Villa 1

At least I get a sense of accomplishment from finishing little paintings.












Royal Purple

It helps to stave off the urge to hurry the large work and create a mess by not waiting for the paint to dry.












Little Villa 2


Plus I don't fall into the trap of working on the same thing for so long I get bored with it before it's finished.

Optimism

The Watercolor challenge this month is Pine Cones. I've been finding them everywhere, even in the road. Optimistically, they will start a few trees or serve as munchies for the birds and squirrels. It's been awhile since I painted one with watercolors and I had forgotten what fun they are to draw.




Pine Cone 1












Now I have a few others on my table...posing.

It isn't all black and white or a...

Piece of Cake

The Watercolor WNW challenge for January involved choosing items from a selection of black and white photos.

Food being one of my favorite things certainly made the choice easier. Still wishing I had a "real" piece of that chocolate cake!

A Bouquet for Valentine's Day?

Alstroemeria, Fiction and a Snack

This ACEO originated from an Inspiration photo posted in the Columbia Arts Guild blog.
I managed to eat up the entire month and so the 9x12 in progress would not be completed by the end of the month.

Maybe Next Year...

Someone I love is having a birthday...and this wishful thought is appropriate.

If anybody told me I'd be painting football helmets in watercolor, I'd have recommended a brain check.

OK, I had fun drawing and painting this "still life" :D

Fresh Fruit

Reclining Pear (nude)

Created especially for fun, these nude, still life ACEOs are ready to join your collection!







Pomegranate Unabashed (nude)






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Everything was going nicely...

I was on a roll...painting greeting cards and managing to do more keepers than throw aways.
Perfect season to do a little grape still life. I bought 5 lbs of them because they were so beautiful and tasty, too.

I just plunked a small bunch on my table to draw and paint. Everything was going quite nicely until I got a little hungry.

So, the bunch got a little smaller.

I put the first wash on and the bunch got a little smaller.

Well, I had them pictured in my mind so I didn't really need them all to finish the painting.

The bunch got really small and the pile of the little bits of stem got bigger.

As I finished the painting, I looked for the grapes and they were gone! Good thing I captured them in a little painting.

Just Hanging Around

Here's a still life...why not? The acorns have been plunking all over the deck and bouncing on the roof luring the squirrels. As long as they're just hanging around I might as well use them for a greeting card.

One more down and still more to go.

Thanks for stopping by, see you later!

It's not moving! Must be a still life...

WHITE SHINE
The February Challenge in our Watercolor group was fraught with opportunity - or - loaded with potential for personal growth. Lots of lovely choices but nevertheless, you had to paint a still life.

How hard can it be? Smack a pear and some flowers on a table, drape a tablecloth behind and paint away.

Several artists posted photos of still life set ups and I truly loved the clean look of one photo. It was pretty much white and red with a clear little vase. With watercolor, the white is the paper. How Sweet it that? Sign me up!

So I did a little outline drawing of the vase and flowers on my watercolor paper. It's my usual routine. Just outline the shape and confirm placement, then paint.
Not so much.

I started mapping the whites, marking subtle color changes in the vase and then marking the highlights and reflections in the shadows.

Then I took my dip pen and frisket out and spent a great deal of time applying little blobs and lines to preserve the whites.

For a mostly "white" watercolor, there were tons of pencil marks. Painting didn't take too long but then I felt the need to remove the pencil marks. I used my trusty plastic eraser and was successful getting the annoying marks removed. Some of the color changed/lightened so I did a little more painting.

This is where I ended up.

I want to Thank Lori Andrews for sharing the photo that helped me to create WHITE SHINE

Karjalan Piirakat - Watercolor mini

Karjalan Piirakat
Finnish Pastry ready to eat! Not so much, really a little painting measuring 2 1/2 by 3 1/2 inches.

Nothing like food to get the creative juices flowing.