Thinking "pink"...

I like pink.

So sometimes, I just like painting little flowers, teacups, whatever, that are pink.  Here's a little study I did recently. 

I'm living out of boxes for a few days after the treck back home from Florida to Kentucky, so I thought I would post this little floral.  I'm looking forward to ALL the colors as they come into bloom here in Ky.....but I'm still partial to my pinks!! 

 

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My Sketchbook is ugly.....

In school we had to do small thumbnail sketches as prelim work for larger paintings.  Consistently, I was "encouraged" to put a bit more detail in those drawings.  I still don't.  

Much like my handwriting, my thumbnails are "rough".  However, my sketchbook is an extremely valuable tool to me.  

I use it to work out formats and compositions, paintings for classes I teach, & to help me decide if I even want to do a larger painting.  

I'm always in awe of artists who show their sketchbooks & they truly look like works of art.  

That works for them.  My crazy sketchbook works for me.  :-)

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Changing formats a bit for ebay...

Some of you may have noticed that I've only been listing miniatures and ATC's for ebay.  I may throw in some larger format, but most will be in this small format for the time being.  I'll see how it goes.  As always if you want to commission something larger, just email me.  

Some of you who take painting classes from me may recognize this scene.  Though this one is 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches....way smaller than the one we did in class, I like the scene.  Small canvas, big art right!!

This is another one of the spring wildflowers.  I think it's a Dwarf Larkspur.  I watched this plant along the sidewalks where I walk for days and days.  This was the last photo I got of it.  I couldn't wait for it to bloom out.  The next day, the landscapers came in with a weed-eater and chopped it and several other of the wildflowers I had been watching, down.  I guess they didn't have the same appreciation for them that I did.  This is also a fairly common wildflower for Kentucky. 

Smaller formats for ebay auctions....

What a great winter and spring I've had!!  I did start back up my little ebay paintings and they can still be found at the link at the above right.  I'm mostly doing ATC or ACEO miniature sizes for ebay now.  That doesn't mean I won't throw in a few larger ones.  

 I've been collecting photos of Kentucky's wildflowers and look forward to doing some larger paintings from those references.  I had no idea there were so many!!  

Rocky Mountain High....

Our trip to the Rocky Mountains was just beautiful.  I've already done several studies onsite and can't wait to start my larger works.  Here's a few photos. 

 

Tom is standing just above Emerald Lake and I'm heading up the trail to Alberta Falls.  This was truly an inspiring place.  My camera just couldn't capture it's beauty. 

 





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Well, I was trying to post a current painting, but I've got blogger problems and it won't let me this post.  For this weeks ebay paintings I have up for auction, just click on the link at the above right.  

My Favorite Plein Air Sites On The Farm...

I've been crazy busy the last couple of weeks doing lots of painting and re-organizing before the fall.  I'm always talking about the farm where I do a lot of my outdoor work so I thought I would share a few photos from there.  One of these days I'm going to take a photo of my set up while I'm outside, but never seem to have my camera with me when I do.  (It's just something else to carry!!)  Anyway, some of you may recognize these sites.  I snapped a few with my phone one day while out there. 

The camera doesn't capture the distant hills and there are about 150 acres for me to tromp around.  It's a beautiful place and very inspiring.  I hope all of you are having a great week!!


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