Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Monday, October 30, 2006

Daily Painting 50 Coconut Palms on the Inlet

Studio painting from a photo I took outside Mangrove Mattie's restaurant in Fort Pierce. Looking East towards the ocean. Its 8 x 10, oil, all knife.

Sunday, October 29, 2006

Daily Painting 49 Frangi Pangi

Frangi Pangi flowers from a photo I took at Weatherbee Gardens. Its 5 x7, oil all knife.

Saturday, October 28, 2006

Daily Painting 48 Cracker Roses

These are from life, I picked them from my little cracker rose bush. They are special roses developed for Florida, its too hot down here for most kinds. They are small blooms, about the size of a ping-pong ball. 5 x 7, oil, all knife.

Thursday, October 26, 2006

Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Daily Painting 45 Blue Palms


Its 8 x 10, oil, I started it yesterday at Weatherbee Nursery. I did the little divisions at the bottom of the trunks at home. I am thinking the trees are about 5 years old as thats how many outside rings they had.

I may not sell this one, at the moment I am too fond of it, it was a fun one to paint, everything just fell together and I am very happy how it came out. Its one of those painting that I hardly thought while painting, sort of painted itself.

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Daily Painting 44 Paintout at Weatherbee Nursery

My painting is oil, all knife, 8 x 10.

Some of the members of my plein air club today, PleinAir Painters of the Treasure Coast, left to right, Carol, Emilie, Lillie, Dawn and Tom. For once a bunch of us were all together.

Monday, October 23, 2006

Daily Painting 43 More Experimental Tropicals


One of those days, had to take my husband down south to Palm Beach for some medical treatments so I just experimented again with a monoprint and watercolor and then photoshop. Its 4 x6.

Sunday, October 22, 2006

Daily Painting 42 Experimental Tropicals


First I made a black monoprint and then made ghost image. It wasn't that thrilling so I got some watercolor out and painted it. I think thats the second image here even though I loaded it first, its the lighter one anyhow. Thats okay but the black ink blotch on the one leaf bothered me. So I photoshopped it and played around with some filters and got the final image. Now I'm happy! Its 4.5 by 6.

Saturday, October 21, 2006

Daily Painting 41 River Cottages

I started this one in Vero as a plein air but I finished it at home today. Its 8 x 10 oil, knife and some brush on the houses.

Thursday, October 19, 2006

Daily Painting 39 Weatherbee Garden Flowers

5 x7 plein air, oil all knife painted at Weatherbee Gardens. Its fun to paint there, there is so much to choose from its hard to decide what to do.

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Daily Painting 38 Fort Pierce Cottage

Studio painting from a photo I took downtown. Its 5 x 7, oil, mostly knife and a little brush. I started this one on Monday and finished it today. The paint was getting dry already and it feels really weird when you go over dry paint with a knife and the paint just goes in the top ridges and not into the valleys, so I usually use a brush when a painting takes more than one day to do.

Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Daily Painting 37 Weatherbee Gardens

Sold Its 8 x 10 oil, all knife, plein air. I went to the garden today and painted with the plein air club, we had a great turnout, I had fun and I think everyone else did too. Its the first time I painted at Weatherbee's we will go there next tuesday again, its a beautiful place to paint. I bought a couple of plants, a croton and a lantana.

Monday, October 16, 2006

Daily Painting 36 Somebodies Looking!

Sold I think I might have to edit this one a bit. There looks like there is a big green monster to the left of boat emerging out of the water. Its 5 x 7 oil, all knife, no brush. Studio painting from a photo I took.

Sunday, October 15, 2006

Daily Painting 35 Palms and Cypress

Aceo, oil, knife. From a photo I took at Rock City Gardens in Wabasso. Its 2.5 x 3.5 inches.

Saturday, October 14, 2006

Daily Painting 34 Gumbo Limbo

This is a gumbo limbo tree, I pass by it every time I go up town. Another name for it is tourist tree, because it turns red and peels. Its 5 x 7, oil, all knife from a photo.

Friday, October 13, 2006

Daily Painting 33 By the Fort Pierce Marina

Sold Its plein air, 8 x 10 oil, all knife. Fun one to do. Lots of little schools of fish jumping out of the water, something big was chasing them.

Thursday, October 12, 2006

Daily Painting 32 Down the River

Its 5 x 7 oil studio from fantasy. It reminds me a lot of the north fork of the Saint Lucie River.

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Daily Painting 31 Wonky Boats

SoldPlein air, 8 x 10 oil. All knife. I wanted to give the impression of boats without a lot of details, it was fun.

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Monday, October 09, 2006

Daily Painting 29 Experimenting


One of my friends gave me a big piece of Masa rice paper so I played with it today, I have a bunch of backgrounds made now. You get it wet and then crumble it up and drop watercolor or ink onto it. This is 4 x 6 inches, watercolor and acrylic. The flowers are bromeliads.

Sunday, October 08, 2006

Saturday, October 07, 2006

Daily Painting 27 Moon over the Indian River


Plein air I did it tonight in front of our house, its 8 x 10 oil, all knife and a little fingerpainting.

Thursday, October 05, 2006

Daily painting 25 Lavender Mist

Studio painting, 5 x 7, oil knife and brush. Fantasy painting from a photo I took but didn't stay with.

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Wednesday, October 04, 2006

Daily Painting 24

Crystal Day at Rock City Gardens

Studio painting from a photo I took at Rock City Gardens, its tiny, 3.5 x 2.5 inches, oil, all knife.

Tuesday, October 03, 2006

Daily Painting 23 Sailboat by Barber Bridge

Sold Its 8 x 10 plein air, I painted with my plein air club, Plein Air Painters of the Treasure Coast. We had a good turnout, lovely breeze and I had a super time. Its oil, all knife.

Monday, October 02, 2006

Daily Painting 22 Rock City Sunrise

5 x 7 oil, studio painting from a photo I took at Rock City Gardens. Almost didn't make it, someone picked it up and got a fingerprint on it. (I fixed it) Then somebody else knocked it jelly-side down on the table but it did fine with that!

Sunday, October 01, 2006

Daily Painting 21 Rock City Gardens

Miniature ACEO size, studio painting. 2.50 x 3.50 inches. All knife painted no brush.

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