Lavender Pansies

These Pansies took a couple of days to paint.

The negative leave are fun to do, but do take time.

The picture was taken at by brothers house in North Carolina

Palette knife painting

This is the first painting I have ever done.  Kathryn McMahon show us how she does it.  She works in oil and it does seem better than acrylics, but I enjoyed doing it with my acrylics anyway.

Happy Easter

From the book Oil Painting The Workshop Experience.  "Every artist, student or professional, encounters painting that just don't want to be painted and days when nothing goes right.   In that sense, working outdoors is a lot like fishing: even the pros don't alway catch something!
There are many reasons this might happen.  Sometimes you just don't know enough about your subject.  You could be tired, preoccupied, not feeling like painting, in a lousy frame of mind, or simply having a bad day!"
"Stop painting reorganize your studio, clean out the garage, are curl up with a good book.  Don't sweat it.  You're not alone, and it's not the end of your painting career."  This is an Easter Egg Hunt at Church!
                          I went to church, lunch, and read a good book,

Matlacha

I painted this picture of a boat behind one of the buildings in Matlacha going to the park.  The boat was really a aqua green, but it did not go with the rest of the painting.  I also had different color tree in the painting which made it look like two painting.  I didn't notice this when I first painted it.   Some times I think you should leave painting alone for a while,  you see them better after a while.  Sometimes they are wonderful, but others need a little work like this one did. 
Now that I see it on the screen it may still need a little more yellow on the left hand side or blue on the right.

West Hampton, NY

I found of folder with a whole group of my older painting today.  I thought this was one of the more interesting . I had used Nita Engles method of the yellow, red and blue circles when I painted it.  I worked on it some more today and hoped I fixed it up.

Class demo

Hi I did this little demo for my class using antwerp blue + cad red to make black.  I pulled the paint out with a fan brush to show hairs on the cat.  The class enjoyed the demo.

This coconut palm was painted from a photo I took at Joanne's house on Fort Myers Beach.  Just having fun painting on 300lb arches.  The 300 lb absorbs the paint quite differently than the 140lb.  I still like Arches 140lb the best,

SCCF

Thursday a group of us went painting Sanibel,  We went to the Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation.

There were trails into swamp lands and a nice nursery.  I decided to paint at the nursery and it was lovely except for the bugs.  Next time I paint out I will remember the bug spray. I might have more work to do on this but for now I will call it done.

Just Started "The Red Barn"

I didn't get to paint today but I started this yesterday.  Hope I can get it done tomorrow or  Friday.
I am going to Sanibel for Plein Aire Paintign tomorrow.  Haven't done that in awhile and don't know how fast I will be.  Hope it isn't too hot.

I have a lot of work but it is a fun painting.

Pauline's Art: Pink Hibiscus

Pauline's Art: Pink Hibiscus: "This is a watercolor painting that I painted from an old photo that I took when I lived in Indian Creek. It was a frustrating painting..."

Red Hibiscus

I started this painting at Art on the Boulvard from the beautiful pots of Hibiscus in front of the building.
I had my acrylic class today but didn't get any paintings done.  I went to the new Hobby Lobby.
I just love that store.  They have lots of art supplies.

Well it's done.  I worked on it last night and then more this morning. 
I had my painting class today, and my students all like it.  The students are doing really well.  They make me want to paint more.  Hope you like it. 

I really don't have time to start a new one tonight, but I have an acrylic class tomorrow morning with Kathryn McMahon at the Art League of Fort Myers.  She is a very good teacher.

Church today

I didn't have time to do a full painting but started these building near KR Design.

Very pretty area with Jason's deli. and a pretty court yard.
 I am working on 300 lb. arches and it takes a long time to dry.  I am having fun painting with it but really like 140lb Arches better.

Two Hibiscus Paintings

I missed yesterday but am trying to make up for it today.

I cut canvas and put it on foam board to fit some small frames that I have. 

I am using acrylic paints for these. I am going to try to do a few more of these little paintings.

Painting at The Art League of Fort Myers

On Wednesday morning a group of painters get together at the art league to paint, a little socializing and some times lunch at one of the nice restaurants in downtown Fort Myers.

Today I finished the painting I started yesterday.

It is from a photo I took at the Biltmore Estates in North Carolina.

Downtown Painting

I started a painting at the Art League of Fort Myers in my acrylic class that I take from Kathryn Mcmann.  I left the painting at the art league to finish.  I started a landscape painting of a picture I took in North Carolina.
I hope I will finish tomorrow and show it.

I am putting on one of my watercolor landscapes for today.

This is A Rocky Stream from a picture I took in Colorado.