A Few Watercolor Paintings

I decided to try out watercolor painting....sold one already (the Cherry Pie) to a fb friend from my hometown. Still working on skills and finding the right products and how to stretch paper properly!

Each one of these is done on a 6x9"piece of Arches 140 lb paper. These were all 2nd tries. I'm pretty happy with them so far.

New Paintings

I finally got around to painting again. These were supposed to be practice paintings and so I did them on canvas sheets instead of stretched canvas.

Avocado

B is for Bananas

A Whole Bunch

Lime Sourball

 And my favorite one so far...

Silver Cup with Grapes

There were others but they didn't make the cut, lol.

Seascape and Vegetable still life paintings I put in the fair last month

Yay, I won 2 ribbons in the Erie County Fair in NY last month.

The Seascape is a painting I did for a friend, and it won a 2nd place ribbon.
And the vegetable Still Life painting, now hanging in my kitchen, got an Honorable Mention ribbon.

Here are some of the steps they went through:

and

Chili Pepper, Garlic, and Tomatoes painting

Another vegetable still life 12 x 16, acrylic on stretched canvas. Based on my original photo. I think I like this background more than the last one.

Eggplant, Mushrooms, and Chives Painting

First one of 4 vegetable still lifes I'm working on. Going to enter it in the Erie County Fair.

12x16" on stretched canvas, acrylic paint with gloss.

Cherry Tomatoes painting

Cherry tomatoes. So much more delicious than grape tomatoes! Lol. I just finished this 11 x 14" acrylic paint on stretched canvas. Very happy with it! Mixing white is coming in handy.

7-4-16 Latest version: (It looked like it was missing something so I added a tomato top!)

(First version)

 (From this morguefile.com reference photo which I obviously cropped.)

Gay Pride Cake painting

I did this original 12" x 12" x 1" painting in reaction to the shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando. It will be going on ebay for auction and part of it goes to charity in support of the LGBT community. I kept the theme of this a happy one even tho I did it with the victims in mind.

The sides have the words "Love is Love" and "GAY PRIDE" on them.
(I think I may include words more often on my paintings in the future).

French Donut Before and After

I thought it was finished but I decided I didn't like how green it was and wanted to make it a warmer orange. And it was easy! Wasn't a pain to do at all, and only took a short time. I'm much, much happier with it now.

Before

After

Glazed Donut painting

I did this today from life. It doesn't look like the actual donut, but I still like the end result. I guess i still have to work on better color matching. Neatness doesn't matter, but color and value do. And try to pay attention to brush stroke textures.

Pizza Box and Menu painting

12 x 16" still life painting of a pizza box and menu. Abstract style, acrylic paint done on a stretched canvas with sides painted black. It's ok, but there were many mistakes, so I learned a few things.

Fortune Cookies and Rice painting

Still life painting done yesterday afternoon at my kitchen table. I only had one cookie, so painted one, then broke it and painted the other one, lol. Acrylic on stretched canvas, 12 x 12". I had to adjust the cookies toward the end because the one in shade was too light and the other was a bit too dark.

Birthday Cake Still Life Painting

I made this cake for my boyfriend's birthday (50) and within 24 hours it became a model for a still life painting! 

It's acrylic paint on a 12" square stretched canvas. Done in one afternoon! I like doing quick paintings--leaves less time for mulling it over, artist block, and negative thinking to creep in. Just set it up and DO it! That's what works for me lately.