Pearl Earrings #534

Daily painting #534 4"x6" oil on primed canvas panel

These were lost....and now they are found! I am one very happy lady!

Painting small is always a challenge....painting small little earrings and getting them to look like what they are is an even greater challenge. Today my patience and resolve was tested! This canvas is only 4" x 6" so these little earrings are tiny.

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Kingfisher #533

Daily painting #533 6"x8" oil on primed canvas panel 

Today I worked from a photo that I took during the week of a beautiful Kingfisher that regularly visits our garden. During the night a swarm of flying ants had moved through our garden and many of them had landed in our swimming pool and were floating on the surface of the water, having lost their wings. What a feast for the birds! This shy Kingfisher sat on our wooden fence and on nearby branches, swooping down to skim the swimming pool surface and catch his breakfast. What a breakfast he had...a feast for him and a feast for our eyes! Hope he visits again soon!

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Protea #532

Daily painting #532 5"x7" oil on primed canvas panel

On reflection .....it's been quite a floral week!

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What a start #531

Daily painting #531 6"x6" oil on primed canvas panel

A bright, crisp, clear start to a hot day.

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Thursday roses #530

Daily painting #530 8"x10" oil on primed canvas panel

I knew that when I posted the daily painting yesterday of the rose demonstration I would be setting myself up for trouble with my other classes! My Thursday painting class weren't missing out and wanted a rose demonstration too! So ....another daily painting...another demonstration of my roses for the Thursday class!

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Wednesday roses #529

Daily painting #529 8"x8" oil on primed canvas panel 

A couple of weeks ago I demonstrated on a board in my painting class a couple of inky techniques which one could use as an interesting undercoat for a painting or as the base for a more abstract piece of work. It had been left lying on a shelf and so yesterday when a few of the ladies in my painting class asked me to demonstrate painting roses in a more 'loose' technique using a palette knife or other materials to apply the paint, I reached for the same board and proceeded to paint. I quite like the way the hint of yellow ink shows through and how the ink in the lower left hand corner gives a lace like feel to the surface area. I decided to let it show through. It was a fun, quick demonstration....my daily painting...painted in front of a live audience....my ever faithful and complimentary art students!

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Orchid from a friend #528

Daily painting #528 6"x6" oil on primed canvas panel 

A generous friend gave me this beautiful orchid this week. It is beautiful, delicate and full of flowers and buds! Thank you Paula! 

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