#305 Yellow Flowers and Lemons

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I painted this piece in February.  I was in a yellow groove and experimenting with high key.  The flowers were from a bouquet from my husband on Valentines Day.  

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#294 The Don

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Zach named this one and made the suggestion that I paint our olive oil.  I appreciate how he is always trying to encourage me on this art journey.  The tomato was little intimidating to me, but I like how it turned out!

Here are a couple of other shots.

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#289 All the Shiny Things

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Painted this somewhat quickly last night.  The background is a little more green than it shows in the photo.  It will be my last painting until after Christmas!  

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#288 Celebrating Gray

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Painted for this week's Daily Paintworks Challenge to paint mostly grays.  I added in some gold and painted on a reflective surface for the first time.  I really enjoyed that part of the painting.  I also think it added that little something extra that the painting needed.  

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#286 Oranges on Pink

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I can't believe I still haven't posted the three paintings I did at the Sarah Sedwick workshop I took in October.  I learned so much while I was there.  It also helped me experiment more with painting on canvas and I've been enjoying that a lot.  She is a fantastic teacher.  I'm so thankful that she teaches in OKC somewhat regularly (will be back in 2018)!  I highly recommend taking a workshop from her if you have the chance.  

Here is a picture of it framed with a frame built by my husband.  Isn't he talented?  

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#284 The Colorful Challenge

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I've been wanting to paint cantaloupe for awhile and this challenge on Daily Paintworks seemed like a great opportunity!  I always enjoy painting cranberries and cherries.  I also enjoyed painting the pink glass bottle.  It was my first time to paint it.  The transparency of the pink was little challenging.  Wish it was looser and not completely sure about the composition.  

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#280 Brightly Shining

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For this painting, I didn't use a light.  I only used the candlelight and the ambient lighting in the room.  It was a fun challenge.  Especially capturing the candle as it burned down!

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#248 Sunflower and Glass

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I keep adding glass to my paintings lately.  I'm trying to get better at it because it's fun and I like what it adds to a painting.  I've never painted this orange bottle, though I've had it for a long time.  I also added a sunflower from Sprouts!  I really like the shadows made by colored glass.  

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#242 Blue Vase, Flowers and Peaches"

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Tried to keep the flowers somewhat loose by mostly just blocking in the lights and darks.  Also wanted to add some peaches because they will only be around for a little while longer!  This is the blue vase I purchased from At Home a couple of months ago.

A couple of process shots below...

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#223 Breakfast

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Painting has been such a struggle ever since I returned from my trip to Texas.  I've had the desire but I haven't liked much that I've tried painting.  I painted this piece for this week's DPW challenge to paint breakfast foods.  I tried two other compositions and wiped both.  I'm still not sure what I think of this one.  I'm in a weird place with my painting these days.  When I first started painting, if the object I painted was recognizable it was a success!  Ha!  I also used mainly one technique...the one I found the most help with on line.  Now I'm experimenting with different techniques, trying to figure out what compositions I like, etc.  I think it will be good in the long run, but it is messy along the way!  

#195 Daisies and Lemon

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Painted a little bigger for this one.  I wanted to paint more of these flowers while they still look good!  I also decided to paint if for this week's Daily Paintworks Challenge...to paint lost edges.  I tried to include a couple.  Do you see them?  Overall it was fun to paint and my daughter actually took a nap today...so nice to not feel rushed!  

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Seaside Escape- Sold

I did this painting for another one of the challenges on dailypaintworks.com (http://www.dailypaintworks.com/challenge/the-seaside-challenge/321)  Our challenge was to paint a seaside of our choosing or we could use the photo that was provided.  I chose the photo that was provided because I thought it was such a pretty scene.  

Original Acrylic Painting on 8x10 wrapped canvas.  Available for purchase here https://www.etsy.com/listing/243856671/seaside-escape-original-acrylic-painting?ref=shop_home_active_1

Old Truck- Sold

I painted this truck from a photo that I took on a walk the other day.  It looked like a lot of fun to paint and I was also drawn to the light and shadows on the truck.  Thankfully my daughter took a 2 hour nap today and I was able to paint it from start to finish!  

I have so many things I want to paint right now.  Hope I have time to paint again tomorrow!

Original Acrylic Painting on 8x10 wrapped canvas.  Available for purchase here https://www.etsy.com/listing/243719568/old-truck-original-acrylic-painting-on?ref=shop_home_active_1

Little Blue House and Plate of Limes

This house caught my eye as I was driving to get my bangs trimmed this morning!  So I snapped a picture of it on my way home and just finished painting it during my daughter's nap.  It's the second house that I've painted and they have a been a lot of fun!  

 Original Acrylic Painting on 8x10 wrapped Canvas.  Available for purchase here https://www.etsy.com/listing/243026071/little-blue-house-original-acrylic?ref=shop_home_active_1

I painted a plate of limes yesterday but don't love the way it turned out.  It was going well until I started the plate.  I have a hard time painting white dishes.  Anyone have any tips?

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Yellow House

Snapped a picture of this house in my neighborhood earlier this week and couldn't wait to paint it!  I love houses like this with so much charm and character.  It was really fun to paint and I'm looking forward to painting some other houses soon.  I'll be in Texas visiting my family for the next few days but will get back to painting early next week!

Original Acrylic Painting on 8x10 wrapped canvas.  Available for purchase here https://www.etsy.com/listing/242204281/yellow-house?ref=shop_home_active_1

Snuggled Up

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These are the limes that I painted yesterday.  One of my favorite things about painting is that there are so many different things to paint!  I named this one "Snuggled Up" because they seem so cozy together with the little bowl.  

Original Acrylic Painting on 6x6x1.5 inch wrapped canvas.

Parrot Tulips

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I'm really pleased with how this painting turned out!  I was a little intimidated by all of the lines and contrasts between the shadows and light but it turned out just as I had hoped!  I actually finished this painting last night and just finished painting some limes this morning. I'll get that posted this morning.  I also talk some pictures while I was on a walk this morning and I'm hoping to get some of them painting, too!

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Side Yard

I never really pay attention to the side of our yard, but over the weekend I pulled into our drive way and thought "Hmmm...maybe I could paint that!"  Didn't like how it was looking when I started out but it got better as I added more and more shades of green.  I love green...such a peaceful color!  Another fun fact...I'm learning more about color mixing.  I painted this whole canvas without using any green paint.  Just mixtures of blues, yellows, reds and white!

Original acrylic painting on 8x10 wrapped canvas.  Available for purchase here https://www.etsy.com/listing/237208579/side-yard-original-acrylic-painting-on?ref=shop_home_active_1

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Citrus Bouquet- SOLD

Painting bouquets of flowers feels the most natural of all the things I've attempted to paint (which isn't much yet!).  I think it's because there is a lot of grace and not a ton of precision.  I love the pops of orange in this painting...and the green...and the white.  I guess I like it all!  

Original acrylic painting on 8x10 wrapped canvas.  Please email me with any questions at suitabledesigns425atgmail.com.  Available for purchase here https://www.etsy.com/listing/236758449/citrus-bouquet-original-acrylic-bouquet?ref=shop_home_active_1

Watermelon

I should have painted this picture before "Summer Slice" since this was the watermelon before I opened it up!  Thankful for summer, though looking forward to cooler temperatures next week!

Original acrylic painting on 8x10 canvas.  Available for purchase here https://www.etsy.com/listing/236746344/watermelon-original-acrylic-painting-on