Poppies for Christmas

The snow storm arrived in Indiana last night and stayed all day Friday.  After living in Wisconsin it takes more than five inches to set off any alarms for me!  The snow is very pretty.  This painting is a commission!  Yeah!!  It's a Christmas present for a friend's husband.  It's a 6" x 8" painting, very small and it very quick!  My daily paintings are forcing me to paint faster and I'm getting better!  My painting of the persimmons sold yesterday!

Two Paintings

It's a rainy day which makes it perfect for little paintings.  I have a good start on these persimmons, which is a fruit that grows wild over southern Indiana.  Once I'm finished with the painting I plan on making a persimmon crumb cake!  I'll finish the persimmons on Friday and they will go out to eBay on Tuesday just in time for Thanksgiving!  I'm sure the crumb cake with be baked and eaten by the end of weekend!

I'm playing around with different ways to get the paint on the canvas for a quick daily painting. Yesterday I painted the barn and field with no cows, today I painted a new one and added two little cows.  I am also trying to use my pallet knife which makes it very thick and fun.  The is a little Indiana farm that I pass by every Tuesday on my way to art class.  This painting will go to eBay on Friday.

Pumpkin and Sunflowers

The start of my daily painting!  I bought the pumpkin and sunflowers at the grocery store, came home and set up my still life.  The painting really looks small on the easel!  The little drawing in the upper right hand corner is by my six year old grandson, in fact I think he did that drawing last year at Thanksgiving.  When ever I start to take my too seriously I look at his drawing, I study the lines, the clouds, the sun and the trees then I can go back to my painting and relax a little!

A few hours later and I have my finished painting.  Tomorrow I think I'll paint cows!  

Strawberries and Wine

I started and thought I had finished this painting last week but the longer I looked at it the less I like the background!  So after a glass of grape juice and water I have a new background.  The Boulder Creek area in California had quite a few wineries.  My daughter-in-law and  I visited the Mountain Winery and we had a great afternoon.    Our little "mountain baby" spent the day with her dad , we text him when we were ready to come home.  My bottle of wine is gone, my strawberries are gone but I have a vase of sunflowers.  Tomorrow I will be working on sunflowers.  

Halloween Storm in Indiana

Last night the Halloween Monster Storm hit Indiana just as forecasted.  Fortunately it wasn't as much of a monster as predicted though trick or treat night was moved to November 1st, today!  I did prepare for the storm, I had my bottle water, I made a stew and prepared for a day or two with out power.  I also decided to paint a glass of wine and some strawberries!  I still have some wine but the strawberries are gone.  I did visit a winery while in Boulder Creek, California.  The winery was a treat to my daughter in law and myself as we had spent the past month entertaining our "mountain baby"!  The "Monster Storm" was the perfect excuse to purchase some California wine and paint away.  This painting goes up for sale on eBay next week Tuesday.  

Strawberries

Visiting Boulder Creek, California for a month was an experience and one I completely enjoyed.  When I got home to Indiana I painted sunflowers because I was seeing sunflowers at all the farmer's markets in the Santa Cruz area.  Both paintings of the sunflowers sold, I'm feeling good!  I love to see my paintings go out the door.  Strawberries were something else that were in abundance at all the markets and of course delicious.  These strawberries were actually from California but bought in Indiana and a challenge to paint.  This painting will go out in my email on Thursday.  

More Paintings Coming!

Fall is here!  Today may be the end of our sunny fall days which means much more time for me to paint.  I have been doing small paintings and posting them on eBay.  Both my sunflower paintings sold last week now let's see if my two little white ducks sell this week.  I enjoy putting my paintings in the mail and I am starting to get some repeat customers. On Thursday I will post a new painting of California strawberries!