Slice of Lemon

3" x 4"

Oil on Cradled Wood Panel

Day 28 of the Painting Challenge.  This one was a challenge for me.  I haven't painted anything this small before.  I think I bought the small board to do a Christmas ornament a number of years ago but didn't use it.  It was sitting on the shelf for ages so I thought I would give it a try.  I would have liked some brushes that were a bit smaller, it got quite frustrating to work with.  Larger size from now on.

Cherry Perfume

6" x 8"

Oil on Canvas

Day 26 of the painting challenge.  It is getting down to the final few.  I am hoping to continue to paint regularly but not daily.  I don't want painting to be a chore.  Also, I find I am not spending as much time with a painting as I would like.  I will probably go back to a number of the pieces I have done over the past month and add some more to them.  With the oil paint I would like to give it a chance to dry before I add final details and trying to finish one each day means that the paint is too wet to add any details.

Antique Crock

6" x 8"

Oil on Canvas

Day 16 of Leslie Saeta's painting challenge.  I am quite happy with this painting.  Normally with small paintings I would do a close-up of an object and have stayed away from complete still life setups because I thought they may prove to be too difficult on a small canvas. This wasn't too bad.  It took me just over two hours to complete.  I think I will try some more!

Cherry Martini

6" x 6"

Oil on Gessoboard

 

 

This is Day 14 of Leslie Saeta's Painting Challenge.  It is 10 p.m. for me and I just finished the painting.  We were babysitting our 3 year old Granddaughter today and only got a chance to finish the painting once she went to bed.  I am so tired, those 3 year olds never run out of energy!  I could use a martini myself about now!

Tomatoe on Glass

6" x 6"

Oil on Canvas

 

Day 11 of Leslie Saeta's 30 Paintings in 30 Days.  I have used the Canadian spelling for tomatoe.  I thought this would be an easy one but I had a bit of trouble with the glass.  I look doing glass on a darker background, I think it is easier with more contrast.

Salt, No Pepper

7" x 5"

Oil on Gessoboard

 

This is Day 28 of Leslie Saeta's painting challenge, only two left.  I was going to paint the salt and then for tomorrow paint the pepper.  I didn't enjoy painting this one so it's salt and no pepper.

Sitting in the Bowl

5" x 7"

Oil on Gessoboard

 

This is Day 17 of Leslie Saeta's painting challenge.  My husband is having surgery next week.  We spent all day yesterday at the hospital for his pre-op appointment.  We have to go out of town for his specialist and surgery, so it is a two hour drive each way and I wasn't left with much painting time.  I painted this tomatoe quickly (I added the 'e' on tomatoe for the Canadian spelling).

Antique Insulator

6" x 6"

Oil on Gessoboard

 

This is Day 12 of Leslie Saeta's 30 in 30 painting challenge.  I did this one last night and wasn't very happy with it, I did feel pressured by the time.  My husband collects antique hydro and railway insulators.  This one is made of carnival glass and I couldn't quite get how luminous it actually is.  I would like to use it again in a painting where I could take the time to build up the colors with glazing to bring out the real depth of the colors.

We were shopping all day yesterday.  We like to go to towns we haven't been to that have antique and thrift stores.  Yesterday I bought a stained glass antique window and I can't wait to use it in a painting. 

Through the Glass

7" x 5"

Oil on Gessoboard

 

This is Day 11 of Leslie Saeta's painting challenge.  I thought this one would be a quick and easy one to paint, but it was a little difficult to get it symmetrical.  I like to paint glass.  I was at a show and had several glass paintings.  A little girl approached me and asked me where I buy the special glass paint!