#210 Homeward Bound

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I took the reference photo for this painting while I was driving home from the art workshop in Alabama.  I think this was Arkansas.  I had a great trip home.  It was long, but the weather was beautiful and I listened to an audiobook, which helped pass the time!  Ever since painting clouds for the Daily Paintworks Challenge a few weeks ago, I've been wanting to paint more.  I'm going to try to sell this piece framed at the Indie Trunk Show next weekend.  If it doesn't sell there, I will list it online!

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#209 Foodies

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Painted for this week's DPW Challenge from the photo that was provided.  Carol Marine took the photo reference when she was in France recently for an art workshop she taught!  I have only done 1 or maybe 2 other figurative paintings.  I'm usually too intimidated to try, though I LOVE figurative works by others.  It was actually a lot of fun.  I started with a thin block-in using paint mixed with with mineral spirits.  I learned to do that at the Gina Brown workshop.  I also worked dark to light and came back with some thicker paint in some places after the block-in.  

Here are a couple of other pictures showing sketches before I started painting.  

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#208 Fun Flower Challenge

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I painted this flower last Sunday for the Daily Paintworks Challenge,  but didn't get a chance to post it until now.  I had a great week in Alabama at a Gina Brown Workshop.  If you have never seen her art you should check it out!  I will write a whole post about it soon. Right now I'm trying to get this written quickly before putting my 4 year old to bed :)  I felt a little crazy in the middle of this painting but I like how it turned out in the end.  The pinks in the painting are warmer than they appear in the photo.  It was hard to get it to match!  

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#207 The Yellow Truck

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I had a hard time getting a photo of this painting without the glare!  My daughter and I were driving home yesterday when I spotted this yellow truck in my neighborhood.  We pulled over and I took a quick photo.  Truth be told, I also took several pictures of a nearby mail truck and hope to paint it before long.  I don't know why, but I'm always inspired by mail trucks around town!  It was really fun painting the yellow parts of this truck.  I tried to keep the rest simple and without much detail.  I like landscapes like that.  I'm very inspired by Michael Chamberlain.  You should check out his art.  It was a challenge to draw.  

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#206 Light on Berry

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I took the photo reference for this painting about a month ago, sitting at a stoplight, when I was taking my daughter to AWANA.  The clouds in the sky were beautiful that evening.  I took a couple of other photo references at lights and maybe I will get around to painting them, too.  I'm glad I attempted more clouds.  I had a little more of a plan for how to approach them this second time.  I started by painting the lightest parts, then the darkest values, and then the values in between.  Seemed to work pretty well.  What is your process for painting clouds?

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#205 Sweet Cherries

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I'm so excited that cherries are back in season.  Not only are they delicious, but I really enjoyed learning to paint them last summer.  It's also fun that I've been oil painting for almost a year now and I'm returning to subjects from last year.  I can already see an improvement, which is very encouraging.  Hoping to paint a  lot more cherries this summer!  I'm still trying to use thicker paint and more pronounced strokes.  I'm also trying to play around with the edges more than when I first started painting.  The background of this painting is a little more mint green than the photo shows.

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#204 The Cloud Challenge

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This week's Daily Paintworks Challenge is to paint clouds.  Since I've never painted a cloudscape, I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to give it a try.  It was definitely challenging!  I respect artists who paint cloudscapes even more now.  It was hard for me to slow down and really pay attention to the value and color shifts in the clouds.  

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