Garlic bulb #219

Daily painting #219. 5"x7" oil on primed canvas panel 

Mondays are chore days.....spent grocery shopping and stocking up for the week and just generally getting organized! Oh and did I tell you a leak in my geyser caused my kitchen ceiling to collapse and my kitchen was flooded......grrrrrr! Anyway at least none of us were standing in the kitchen at the time so I am grateful for small mercies! So my day has involved plumbers, insurance assessments and general chaos rather than organization.....a tip on how NOT to start the week! Can I lock myself in my studio tomorrow please.....

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Rose study #218

Daily painting #218. 6"x6" oil on primed canvas panel 

A little study on how shadow and light combine to create form. Daily painting is not about creating masterpieces but about practicing and refining your skills as an artist. It allows one to solve problems and tackle challenges ....and certainly tests your discipline after a weekend of painting my heart out!

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Prunes on a board #217

Daily painting #217. 5"x7" oil on primed canvas panel

These pretty little prunes look like cherries but are about double the size of a large grape. I have no idea what I am going to do with 7 little fresh prunes but they looked good to paint....

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Roses for me #216

Daily painting #216. 6"x8" oil on primed canvas panel 

My husband and daughter went off to the shop to buy a few groceries and came home with a bunch of roses for me! I am sure it was Amy's doing but Andrew was so proud of himself and the gesture was really sweet...he would never normally buy me flowers for no reason and I did jokingly ask if he had anything he needed to tell me....to which he responded with a really indignant look on his face! So now I have a beautiful bunch of flowers on my kitchen table....and for a change they weren't bought by me.....thank you Andrew! Very thoughtful indeed.....

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Workers Day #215

Daily painting #215. 4"x6" oil on primed canvas panel 

Today is Workers Day...a public holiday in South Africa. So no work, no school and supposedly a day of rest, although for a mum there is usually no rest from your 'mommy work'! Always something to do around the house and everyone still needs to eat! But I am sitting on my veranda with a chilled glass of wine and my husband is cooking! Of course it is over a fire....his favorite past time is to stoke up a fire and chill (relax) on his veranda. If you are a regular reader of Paintings in the Post you will know that I often tease him that he still has strong ties to his cave man roots ....he loves to sit around his fire! Although that being said, braaing (cooking over hot coals) is inbred in every South African! Well back to Workers Day....it looks like this Mommy really is being given the day off so I am saluting the cave man and his fire right now....and enjoying the view of the late afternoon sky from my veranda on Workers Day!

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Floral brooch #214

Daily painting #214. 6"x6" oil on primed canvas panel

I love beautiful brooches, especially old ones and a very special friend gave me this beautiful antique brooch! It has fine detail around the edges and hand painted flowers on the face of the brooch. It is so charming and delicate and even more special because of the kind friend that gave it to me!

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Studio time #213

Daily painting #213. 4"x6" oil on primed canvas panel SOLD

Some quality time in my studio today! I am working on a canvas that is 2m x 1.2 m.....a huge contrast to the little 10cm by 15 cm canvases for the daily paintings! Talk about extremes! Swopping  my little brushes for some huge brushes....and great big dollops of juicy paint! I think I am in heaven.....

It's all a matter of size...before I began painting....a daily painting next to a canvas I am currently working on!



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