Onions

I went to the farmers market a few weeks ago and saw these onions with the early morning sun shining on them.  I had to paint them. 

I started this painting with cobalt blue, permanent rose and aureolin.  I ended up adding a few more colors for the darks.

Watching the tide come in.

I took several pictures of the man at Fort Myers Beach.  He looked like he was having a very relaxing day and enjoying this beautiful weather we have been having.  I hope you enjoy it.

Flowers in the Art League

Today at Kathryn McMann's class we were instructed to look around us and paint something that was in our view.  I saw this pot of flowers in the corner with the dark doorway behind it it and loved the contrast.

 

                                                     Here is my painting from this morning.

Ken's Catch

Ken caught these fish at our marina Saturday and we had them for dinner.  It was just in time as we did not have any left in the freezer.

I painted it with heavy body acrylic and later added some oil pastels.

It was a fun to paint and really good to eat.

Mangrove roots on the River

On my walk this morning I saw this little bird sitting on one of the roots.

I painted the roots using by painting the negative spaces.

The rest was just a real loose painting.

The girl with the red hat.

I painted this from a photo that I took two years ago.  I loved the picture because of the girl in the red hat standing on the sand but the real focal point was the beach chair.  I had fun doing it in acrylic although painting clouds in acrylic is so different than doing them in watercolor that it was a challenge.

Indian Market Place

Today I started a watercolor study for an acrylic painting.  I thought I would work out the colors for the real thing. After doing it, I showed it to a few people and they all said I had a finish painting and to leave it alone.

So here it is. The Indian Market Place

Palm tree

I finally got my paints out today and painted this study of Palm trees.

I painted with a brush but decided to add some palette knife painting for the palm fronds.

I do think is fun to use the palette knife.

Reflection lakes

                                This is a painting I started when we had the paintout at R&K gallery.

I have changed it and added people.

I might change it more but at least I worked on it.

Sanibel Light House

I took an old picture and work on it.  It is fun to take old things and fix them up.  It's like having a brand new painting.