#310 All About Pink

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This painting was inspired by a DPW Challenge.  Here is the description of the challenge:

Paint subject matter that is limited to a single color, with the exception of one small thing. The challenge is to keep the painting interesting by using a range of hues in that color, and strong value contrast. For example, in my painting I used Cadmium Lemon Yellow, Cadmium Yellow and Cadmium Orange, and created more yellows by mixing in small amounts of red, blue, etc.

I chose pink and nail polish.  It was my first time back at the easel in awhile.  I felt kind of rusty but like how it turned out in the end.  

8x8 inch oil on canvas panel. Email me at jamiestevensart@gmail.com

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#309 Pear on a Dish

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Took me a few days to get to another pear painting, but I finally finished it yesterday.  I set up the composition last Friday and did a quick value study and underpainting on Sunday.  Then I tackled the color while my daughter was playing at a friend's house Monday.  Lately I've had a hard time getting the motivation to paint in evenings.  I think some of it is that I'm still coming out of a winter slump.  Some of it is just that I'm tired...go figure!

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#308 The Pair

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Painted these pairs for this week's DPW Challenge, to paint either pears or a pair.  I haven't painted many pears in awhile.  It was a little challenging to make them both red and green but I loved the red parts to them.  I'm hoping to squeeze in one more pear painting before the end of the weekend.

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#307 What a Pair

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This was my second attempt at painting avocados over the weekend.  I've been wanting to paint avocados on yellow for a while and I'm glad I found a composition that worked.  I added the white because all the yellow seemed like too much for me.  I like how the hole on the left worked out and I like the pop of blue shadow, too.  I did work fast because the avocados were browning quickly!

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#306 Grapes and Glass

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This was another high key experiment.  The grapes were actually much darker and duller than the light pink/red in the painting.  It was fun playing around with the color.  

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#304 Dishes and Lemons

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It's been so long since I posted.  I've had a lot going on.  Plus the weather has been so gray and rainy, which is not motivating at all!  This was painted a few weeks ago.  I liked trying to capture the warm light.  

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#296 Who's the Fairest

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Challenged myself with a big shiny bowl and a big somewhat translucent tomato!  So hard to get an accurate photo of this one.

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#295 Lemons for Tea

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I had to rework the lemons a couple of times before I liked them.  I borrowed this tea pot from a friend and I think this is the third time I've used it in a painting.  I'm always intimidated by ceramic items, but I think I'm starting to get a better hang of painting reflections in it.  I've found doing a value study first really helps me keep the reflections more accurate and I try to just use loose brush strokes.  Painted this for the DPW Challenge to use an even number of items in a composition.  Hence the 4 lemons.  

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#293 All in the Family

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These bottles were all sitting on a shelf together in my studio.  They caught my eye and a painting was born!

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#290 One Orange up on Top

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While we were out of town visiting family a few days for Christmas, the idea for this painting came to mind.  Finally got the chance to paint it once I got home.  I'm also submitting it for this week's DPW challenge because I love to paint shiny glass.  Finished another orange painting this evening, but I'm not sure how I feel about that one yet!  :)

10x10 inch oil on canvas. Email me at suitabledesigns425@gmail.com

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#287 Where the Cantaloupe Roam

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This one was named by my husband :)  I love painting these little gold ornaments and all of their reflections.  I turned them so that they don't necessarily look like ornaments, but just little gold balls.  I borrowed the tea pot from a friend.  Thanks, Alicia!  

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#285 Unlikely Friends

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Second painting with a pomegranate and another painting with butter.  I haven't posted all of those yet.  Not sure how the butter, pomegranate and oranges all started hanging out...

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#283 Pomegranate and Sparkle

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I really enjoyed painting this one.  It was my first time to paint a pomegranate.  They are such a pretty color!  Also really enjoyed painting the gold ornament.

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#281 Autumn Mug

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Painting mugs is always a challenge for me.  I'm really happy with how this one turned out though.  I'm having so much fun painting warm, rich colors lately.  This one sold at Holiday on the Farm last Saturday.  

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#279 Holiday Lights

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This time I added Christmas lights to the composition.  I painted this one awhile back and intended to paint more lights but haven't gotten around to it yet.  You can check out the value plan below.  I didn't follow it exactly, but it was still super helpful!

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#275 Persimmons and Green

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I bought these persimmons at Sprouts over the weekend.  I think I was a little overly ambitious with the composition...especially since I started and finished the painting late at night!  It was tricky getting the values dark enough on the bowl and on the persimmons.  Took a few attempts.  

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#272 Nectarines and Glass Bowl

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Painted this one awhile back, but didn't have a good photo of it.  This one was enjoyable to paint.  

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#270 Red Plums and Blue Glass

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I'm posting things out of order because I painted this one before the pumpkins!  Painted because I like white and glass...also had some red plums on hand 

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#256 Oranges and Sunflower on Blue

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I had a lot of fun painting this one!  I used a Senso linen panel and loved the feel of applying paint to it!  I'm working on getting more accurate photos of my paintings.  This one still feels too cool.  The colors are warmer in the painting. 

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#250 Sunflowers in Pitcher

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This one was a struggle from start to finish.  I wiped off the pitcher once.  Then I started painting things out of order (for me) and started having problems with the edges.  I decided to experiment with softer edges in most of the painting.  

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