#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.  

10x8 inch oil on gessobord. Email me at jamiestevensart@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!  

8x8 inch oil on canvas. Email me at suitabledesigns425@gmail.com

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#263 Four Apples on White

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I painted these apples a couple of weeks ago.  lately I've been blocking in the whole painting and then adding the details.  It's been working pretty well.  

6x6 inch oil on gessobord. Email me at suitabledesigns425@gmail.com

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#261 Three Sunrays

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For this painting, I slowed down and tried to simplify.  It was really fun to paint.

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#260 The Last Peach

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Painted quickly so that my daughter could eat this peach for a snack...and then she decided she didn't like it.  Anyone else have a picky eater at home?

6x6 inch oil on linen panel. Email me at suitabledesigns425@gmail.com

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#259 Purple Peaches and Glass

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More paintings of glass and trying peaches again. 

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#257 Oranges on Pink and White

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Once again I am way behind on posting!  I painted this almost 2 weeks ago when I didn't have much time and wanted to keep it simple.  These are little oranges are small and kind of flat on top, but can't remember the name of them.  

7x5 inch oil on gessobord. Email me at suitabledesigns425@gmail.com

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#253 Warm Plums

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This is the last painting I did of the plums.  I decided to use a mustard yellow because I thought it would look nice with the rich colors of the fruit.  I also attempted the white plate again.  I had to redo it several times, darkening the values.  

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#252 Plums, Plate and Glass

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I'm still trying to catch up on my blog post.  The photo is a little washed out on the left.  For this painting I tried a somewhat new perspective for me.  I also added a white plate, which usually gives me lots of problems :)  I used my spotlight (which I've now broken), and I'm still working on how to lighten the values where the spotlight hits.  

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#251 Complementary Plums

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Purchased some plums last week at Sprouts and I've painted a few pieces with them this week.  I've just been late posting them!  

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#250 Sunflowers in Pitcher

8x8 inch oil

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.  

8x8 inch oil on linen panel.  Email me at suitabledesigns425@gmail.com

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#249 Colorful Assembly

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I really enjoyed painting this one.  It's painted on stretched canvas, which isn't typical for me.  My brush strokes don't show up as much on the canvas.  Maybe I need to use thicker paint in areas.  But I still really like how it turned out!  The photo is a little washed out, especially near the top.

12x16 inch oil on canvas. Email me at suitabledesigns425@gmail.com

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#246 Purple Vase and Orange

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Painted this today while my little was at pre-k!  It was her 3rd day and each day seems to be getting better for her.  Change is hard, right?  It was so nice to paint during the day instead of late at night and also not feel rushed.  I actually set this still life up on Friday, but I didn't have time to paint on Saturday and wasn't feeling too well on Sunday.  Thankfully the flowers were only wilting a little.  I painted the vase at one of those paint your own ceramic places.  I still want to go back and paint more pieces for my still lives. 

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#245 Orange, White and Blue

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I love how this one turned out. I had to wipe the glass vase once but aside from that it just felt like magic.  I keep trying to push myself in my edges.  

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#243 Afternoon Lemons

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I painted these lemons on a little table in front of a window in my studio.  I don't think I've ever painted anything in this kind of light.  It gave the lemons a really different look than when they are in my shadowbox.  I want to experiment with it a lot more.

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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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#240 Lemons and Bottle on Blue

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I set up this still life last night after my daughter went to bed.  My intention was to paint something simple...like a lemon...because it was late and I was tired.  But once I started working on the composition I ended up with this!  It was fun.  I love lemons.  They are so pretty and challenging.  It's hard to get the subtle variations in color and value.  I'm pretty happy with how they turned out in this painting...though I wish I had played around with the edges a little more.  I'm also always challenged by painting this blue background.  It's hard for me to keep the color rich but show the difference between the light value and the dark value in shadow.  More glass...of course!

6x6 inch oil on gessobord. Email me at suitabledesigns425@gmail.com

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#238 Summer Melon

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I was super tired the other night.  It had been a long day with a melting down 5 year old.  I still wanted to paint, but needed to keep it simple.  I accidentally bought a seeded watermelon at Sprouts and I'm so glad I did!  I like to eat seedless, but prefer painting with seeds.  I painted it on a new linen panel I ordered through Jerry's Artarama.  It is a brown color before painted.  That threw me off a little at first, but it worked out fine.  I actually bought quite a few linen panels to experiment with them more.  I like the texture it gives the painting.  At the same time, I love the buttery smoothness of the gessobord.  It's nice to have options :)

6x6 inch oil on linen. Email me at suitabledesigns425@gmail.com

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#236 Pear in a Pink Bowl

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I have these posts a little out of order because I painted this pear last week when I was in a pear streak.  I like painting this bowl.  It's challenging to get the drawing and values correct, but I like the color and especially the color in the shadow.  

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#234 The Green Pair

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Painted the two pears again.  I couldn't get the color in the photo to quite match the painting.  Not sure why that is harder with some paintings than others.  I used a new light bulb for this one.  It is a spotlight and focused the light a lot more than the other bulb I've been using.  I don't think I did the best job capturing it but I tired to make the area in the bottom right corner show the light that was pointed there.  I like painting an object on two different colored papers and seeing how the color of the shadow changes.

6x6 inch oil on gessobord  Email me at suitabledesigns425@gmail.com

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