JUST THE TWO OF US

            DAY 26 OF THE LESLIE SAETA 30 PAINTINGS IN 30 DAYS CHALLENGE

For me, composition seems always to be a challenge (along with all the other challenges of painting!).  I remember one of my first teachers (in watercolor), Robert E. Wood, saying "Big, Middle and tiny (or tiny, tiny, tiny).  He was talking about values and shapes.  It's so difficult to follow that concept as I tend to place too many lights in the darks or darks in the middle values and then the whole concept is blown!  Hopefully I did OK here.  

These two Gerbara Daisies seemed to make such a sweet couple thus the name "Just the Two of Us"

Have a great day and thanks for looking..

Lori
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ORIGINAL OIL

SIZE:  8 X 8

PRICE:  $85

PINK GERBARAS

                     

                        DAY 21 OF THE 30 PAINTINGS IN 30 DAYS CHALLENGE

I found these Daisies at a local nursery.  Fortunately they were faring far better than the ones I found at the market the other day, but the nursery itself looked like it was going out of business.  I think I will go back tomorrow and purchase these just as I did the orange ones from the market.

Painting the 6 x 6's is really fun and the small size makes the composition more manageable.  I normally do a "pre-plan" but so far haven't had to on the floral 6 x 6's.  Does anyone out there that paints feel the same way???

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SIZE:  6 X 6

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A CUP OF DAISIES - SOLD

A few daisies gathered from my yard and a few from a bouquet given to me and some from my imagination.  I'm experimenting with different color schemes so this one may be a bit out there, but I kind of liked it.

ORIGINAL OIL
Size: 8 x 8
Price:  $95.00+$10 for shipping in the U.S.
Tax in CA

PURPLES AND WHITES

The bank out in front of our home is covered with these African Daisies.  They bloom their hearts out this time of year and really serve to beautify the entrance to our home.  I'd never painted them before but in my search for subject matter I thought they would make a pretty grouping.  Hope you agree.

I've been working at loosening up my brushstrokes and was pleased with the effort on this one.  For those of you who paint,  don't skip the preliminaries of at least working out a thumb nail value sketch and make sure you join the light middle values with the same and the darker middle values with the same.  Then add a small amount of the lightest light and darkest dark values.  Don't forget to consider the focal area.   I know we are always eager to jump right in and paint, but every time I do I end up having to work out problems that I could have avoided by pre-planning.

Original Oil:  $85.00 + tax and shipping

Size: 8 x 8

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DAISIES IN BLUE

I just planted a small daisy plant out among my roses.  I had purchased the plant a year ago at Trader Joe's and it survived in it's little pot for almost a year, but it was looking poorly.  In just one short week after re-planting it has revived but not to the extent of the daisies in my painting.  However, that little plant was the inspiration.   I have to admit, I cheated.  I bought some silk daisies at Michaels for more inspiration.  Actually using silk flowers was kind of nice as they didn't die on me,  but the real thing is always more beautiful.  The blue jar is one of the Ball canning jars.

Thanks for taking the time to look at my blog.

Original Oil
Size:  8 x 10
Price:  $95.00

DAISY LOVE-SOLD

I've been challenging myself to get a painting done every day that I am at my show, Art A Fair in Laguna Beach, CA.  I teach on Tuesdays and take Monday and Wednesday off, so I give myself a break on those days.  Sometimes on my teaching day I complete a demo and then will have a painting to post here.  The above was my painting yesterday.  It is 6 x 6 and the subject is a little pot of daisies that I picked up at Trader Joe's on my way to the show.  I love my booth this year.  I am right up front where the entertainers are.  It can be more than noisy (loud music), but is great fun.  Most of the time I can manage to carry on a conversation over the music, but I know there will be times when that will be impossible.  Come visit me, I'm in Booth A-28.

Original Oil
Size: 6 x 6

SOLD

FRESH AS A DAISY-SOLD

These daisies were "rescued" from our Easter bouquet.  Daisies are such wonderful, happy flowers and they last such a long time.  I liked the contrast of the "mauvish" (I know that isn't a real word) background against the green glass jar and the touch of yellow in the heart of the flowers.  It is so easy and almost compelling to get picky with all the petals, but hopefully I avoided that pitfall this time.

Original Oil on prepared board
Size:  8 x 6
Price: SOLD

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Avon Calling

This very small pitcher is part of a collection that my Mother got from Avon many years ago.  I always loved these pieces and thought the color and design were special.  I'm starting to do a series of small images.  This piece is 6" x 6".  The daisies are from a very prolific bush just outside our bedroom window.

Oil Painting on Luan Mahogany
Size: 6" x 6"
Price $60.00
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