Work in Progress

Oil Painting, Rocks, 16x20"

Working away, changing my studio lighting around, trying to get better pictures that show some brushwork.  Work in progress of Geogian Bay

Pickled Hot Pepper Painting

Picled Hot Peppers, Oil on Panel, 8x10"

Pretty much done, might go back into the highlights a bit.  I will definitely need to take a better picture if the December sun ever comes out again!  Impossible not to get the glare on the background when you scan a painting.  Now I will let my husband open this jar of peppers that my Aunt and Uncle gave us months ago.  It was just so pretty I had to paint it first.

Cherry Sketch

Some Sketching

I told myself that if I don't have time to paint on any particular day, I have to at least do a quick drawing.  All of the figure poses are courtesy of the awesome website http://artists.pixelovely.com/practice-tools/figure-drawing/ that sets up the poses like you are at a life drawing class.

Smooth Stones

Smooth Stones, Oil on Canvas, 14"x16"

Another piece that I've worked on intermittently.  Sometimes it's harder to go back and finish a half done painting than it is to just start something new, but I've always loved these shiny smooth stones.  I know the colours look unreal, but I have pictures from a beach in Newfoundland to prove it.

Landscape

Cumulus Clouds, Oil Painting 11x14"

Rocky Shore Painting

Rocky Shore, Oil painting on panel, 10x10"

Unlike my previous post, I've been working on this painting off and on for at least a year.  I'm still not