Christmas Dinner, 6X9

Watercolor. I keep working on that glass. I kept getting hungry doing this one.

Wailua beach 6X9

Another challenge. This one uses Google Maps. It's a sort of Virtual Paint Out, without the airfare. We used to use the word vicarious didn't we? Anyway, this was my first try and a watercolor. I like the composition, but the beauty of the water eluded me.

Yosemite in Autumn 9X12

It has a bit of an oriental look. Years of exposure I guess. I was born in Japan and we were in the Ryukyu Islands during all of my High School years and more. I am tempted to corp the bottom a bit. This is a watercolor.

Set my clothespins Free! 4X6

Watercolor again! Well, actually it didn't have a name. This challenge is from Rookie Painter and, while the palette is simple, the subject is decidedly NOT. I need to work on perspective and of course Glass (@$*&^#!) Once I realized it was finished and so was I, I just had to give it a bit of personality. Don't they look happy? The two on outside actually do have shadows, but they didn't scan well. (Excuses, excuses)

"Missing" 5X7

Found it! This one is also watercolor. It was sitting on this fascinating bit of bark, all by itself. it's little friend seems to be the one that's missing!

"Missing" ACEO 2.5X3.5

This is a tiny watercolor. I have a larger one to add as soon as I find it on my laptop, then you can compare them! This is a challenge picture.

A Pair of Pears 8X10

And another challenge. The photo had a dark gray background, but those who know me know I can never leave well enough alone. (Sigh) however these seemed so friendly and this soft blue just happened. Pears have so much form and color etc that they are like painting a character! These were on a marble surface and it was interesting to play with the patterns of grays.

Here is a recent "challenge" I tried in acrylics. It was a really interesting challenge too, as I hadn't tried glass in acrylic yet and there was the additional interest of the transparent liquid in the glass. I had the good sense for once to try the marbles on a scrap first. The nectarines were a delight, but I didn't get to eat them.

Hi there!
This one is an ACEO. I'm doing the "Painting a day" thing (at least one) and I love it when someone throws an idea out there as a challenge, and in a recent email an there was a list of themes to do each week. The picture to the left is one I did a few weeks ago, but the other one is a Theme Week picture. Both are ACEO (2.5X3.5 original watercolors).

The one for this week was food and I just happened to be fixing breakfast and it sort of just smiled back at me. So this is a miniature result. I should have added in the pico de gallo I had with it, it was a nice color addition and tasty too! I'm learning all the time!

Well, I finally figured out how to upload a picture to the blog. However, I haven't figured out how to rotate the image. So there are two less than I intended. I had previously rotated and saved them, but that was undone when they up loaded to the blog page. I'm still checking the help pages.

Enough whining! The first image is a watercolor of Kilimanjaro for my nephew Chris, because he climbed it a couple of years ago.

The next one is a watercolor called Remembrance. It's a statue in a cemetery in the area.

The last one is an acrylic. I had just found "unbleached Titanium" and was fascinated by it's sort of parchment color. I also follow fellow blogger Rookie Painter, and this is the current challenge. It was perfect for the new paint!

Okey Dokey, I may get into this blogging thing yet. If only once a month. I have to paint now or I'll go into withdrawal!