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!

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.

Red Pepper

6" x 6"

Oil on Canvas

 

This is Day 27 of Leslie Saeta's painting challenge.  Her 30 paintings in 30 days challenge has been fun and it is great to connect with the other artists in the challenge.  I am finding I am painting a bit faster with each piece, getting used to my palette and not having to think about color mixing as much.  I wish I could think of catchier titles for the paintings!

Garden Beans

7" x 5"

Oil on Board

 

This is Day 23 of Leslie Saeta's painting challenge.  My husband had surgery yesterday so I spent most of the day at the hospital.  I did this painting last night when I got home and it helped me to relax.  I am heading to the hospital again this morning.  I am going to take some acrylic paints up with me and maybe I can paint something if he is resting since I will be up there all day today.

Freshly Picked

6" x 6" 

Oil on Gessoboard

 

This is Day 19 of Leslie Saeta's painting challenge.  You really have to give the daily painters credit if they are painting and posting each day.  The artist that Leslie interviewed on AHA, Lisa Daria Kennedy, paints everyday even on Christmas.  She doesn't paint ahead of time.  This takes a lot of discipline.  I am painting each day but find I am getting later in the day for my posts.  I am going to try getting up earlier in the morning and painting first thing.  We will see!

Mushrooms

5" x 7"

Oil on Gessoboard

 

This is Day 8 of Leslie Saeta's 30 in 30 painting challenge.  When I was looking at what I have painted so far I noticed I have been painting a lot of red and green.  So I decided to tone it down a bit with the mushrooms.  It was a lot more difficult to paint something that doesn't have a lot of color.  It does make me realize I need to work on adding color to my paintings even if the object lacks these colors.  If I were doing this in pastel I would have blocked in with all different colors but with the paint I tend to stay away from that.  I need to work on being more brave with the color.  As long as the value is right the painting will read ok.  See, I am learning something through all of this.  Maybe I will do these in pastel as a study and then post.

Peppers on a Plate

5" x 7"

Oil on Gessoboard

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Day 5 of Leslie Saeta's painting challenge.  Today is a day I feel like painting!  I had a nice comment yesterday that suggested working on unfinished pieces when you weren't inspired to paint on a particular day.  What a great idea.  I am going to pull out those paintings that might just need a little work to complete and it will keep me painting each day.  It is great to have feedback from other artists!