CUPCAKE IV

CUPCAKE IV
6x6 oil on museum quality board
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Chocolate and Pink

I love both…
whipped cream too!

Sketching on white canvas with transparent paint

Block In complete with transparent paint
What will be near white is blocked in with Indian Yellow 

Starting to develop with opaque colors 

Nearing completion with background moving toward rose instead of red

This method of painting was taught to me by
Dreama Tolle Perry

The finished painting has some very slight fracturing taught to me by
Julie Ford Oliver

The Queen's Boulevard: step by step

                                                       THE QUEEN'S BOULEVARD

I am always interested in painting flowers.  For a long while I painted them up close and large.  But with the thirty day challenge of September, I painted only that which I saw in New Mexico.  Now I am considering a series of landscapes which include flower gardens.   I especially like the flower gardens in the southeastern part of the USA...South Carolina in particular.                                                      

Blocking In

After toning the canvas with a light red, I blocked in the setting using a palette knife and heavy chunks of color.

Defining

I have been defining the painting for a bit now

The Queen's Boulevard
Little Gem
oil on canvas mounted museum board

and I like the strength of the colors but am be-
ginning to see a slight change in composition
will be an improvement.













I felt by adding more sky the painting would
"open up" more.  Though years of study and knowing painting guidelines, intuition is a big part of creating a successful painting for me.  How do I feel about it?  Do I want the background trees in focus or not?

 I still see areas I want to improve as I lost the angle of the flowers on the left that had been  correctly placed in the above "defining" stage.  Tomorrow this will be finished and will be available on dailypaintworks.com

Day Twenty-Eight: In Pink

In PInk
Little Gem
6x8 oil on museum board

Love painting...even every day.   Most of the time it is relaxing but today I really put effort into following Julie Ford Oliver's fracturing technique and painting was a struggle.  I am not sure this is finished or how successful I was with the fracturing.

I have painted many, many flowers in my career but this month of the challenge I concentrated on NM.  Hibiscus do well here too!

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Spring Light
6x8  oil on canvas mounted

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SANTA FE ADOBE IV

"Santa Fe Adobe IV"
6x8 oil on canvas panel, mounted

With the encouragement of my dear artist friend, Julie Ford Oliver, I decided to push color in the adobe walls found everywhere in NM.  My favorite walls and gates are in Santa Fe.

I also signed up for the thirty paintings in thirty days challenge set up by Leslie Saeta for September.  I think I will continue with architectural elements as they are such fun to paint.

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