Egg for 1

6*6 oil on panel

I painted three times this week, that's a record for me. See if I can beat that record next week.

I tried something again that was fun, I kinda get tired of apples. This was a challenge everything so subtle hardly any darks and trying to get the colour of the shadow was tough. I didn't think I pulled it off. so I took it down stairs and left it till next day and asked the children if they could figure out what it was they were able to tell so I was Happy.

Apple and Pear

6*8 oil on panel
I haven't had much luck with pears, their shape, colour, I don't know what it is. so I tried an asian pear see what would happen.

I like the shadow play I got the idea from Carol Marine
She has this great way with paint. I have got a lot of good Ideas from her painting style.

Three Apples

6*8 oil on panel
For the past two weeks my painting wasn't that great, it didn't matter what I did I couldn't get them out. My wife says they are learning ones or as in the the case of Doug Swinton that's a frisbee.

Persimmon No. 1

6*8 oil on panel

I found this strange fruit and I thought I would give it a go. I bought this polka dot scarf a couple of months back and have been afraid to paint it as it is so bright, but then I thought I don't have to paint it that bright do I!

I have to figure out the colours here on the photograph, they appear muted, in real life they are brighter. so I will have to tweak it to get it right.

Cinamon Bun No.1

6*6 oil on panel

One of my favourite treats is a cinamon bun, and I am surprised I was able to hang on this long with out eating it. we did have five others and happily they were eaten.

Leaf No.2

6*6 Oil on board

I tried to use grey this time and I had to use a very limited palette red blue and yellow white. that's half of what I normally use, I'll see later what else I can make happen with this limited palette in terms of colour and greys.

Green Jug with Apples

11*14 oil on canvas
this is the largest painting that I have been able to pull off. I like the jug a lot.

Leaf No.1

6*6 oil on panel



I'm going to do a series of paintings on leaves they are so subtle in variation of colour and value.

Bowl of apples

6*6 oil on panel

I tried to paint the porcelain but didn't quite work out the way I wanted to.

Dancing Chillis

6*8 oil on panel

Oooh I just wanta dance along, maybe because I was listening to some dancy music, native american. I didn't think I could pull this one off there were several times that I had to scrape off and do it again as the paint had gotten a little flat.

Near Turner Valley

6*8 oil on panel

I finally got out and painted on a 6*8 it took me so long I guess I was really rusty, I painted this painting first then I painted the Tomatos. I was nice to see cows again. I realize that 6*8 is an ok size for doing mini still lifes but not really great when I need a little bit more information, so I will paint with a 7*9 or bigger next time I get out and hopefully I will be faster.

Hiding in the shadows

6*8 oil on panel

I have been away a little bit as I was making a whole load of painting boxes for people for a paint out in Nova Scotia, So I had a wee break as I was super Pooped.

Here are some Toms from my Garden we will be eating them latter on pizza bagel. Yellow boy and Tiny Toms

Two Onions

With this painting I tried to emulate 'John Singer Sargent' He would mix the paint then hold his brush in the air then wait for the right momment and then place the paint in the right spot, he also would say use lots of paint no thinners mixed.
I did like painting using a lot more paint, it is a little different from what I am used to, as I do paint a little dry. It was fun.

Sugar pot

Todays I tried this, it was tough. Trying to balance the values was hard, is the sugar white, what value is it in relation to the rest of the painting and the highlights. I like the play of the background shadow/light.



Oil on board 6*8

Daisy

I wanted to try something I had never really attempted before, a very small flower, I should have painted it first but I got stuck on my darks first and the background, I knew that it would be hard to do, I that leave the center of attention till last and I guess from now on I should battle the fear and just do it. I liked painting the blue bottle and I think that I would paint something like this again.

Strawberries

Our family picked a couple of Icecream buckets worth of strawberries this Summer. I promised them last year that we would do it. The children loved the idea of all those strawberries lined up just for them to pick, and I told them that the front desk weighs you before you go in, and on the way out to see if you have had too many strawberries. They believed me untill we got to the farm and then they knew it was one of Dads jokes.
I decided to paint some strawberries to remind me of that event, here they are, I haven't painted for at least a month and a half so I'm a bit rusty. I just noticed that I had a white space on the painting, urrgh, I went to fill it in and I think I flattened it too much, oh well I guess that happens when you play around with the painting the next day, I just have to take a photo of my painting as soon as I have finnished to see where I have white spots next time.

One of my favourite artists John Moyers

I have had a lot of time at last to myself and reevaluating my painting and having the pleasure of actually building something for myself. Me Boat, I did have a few problems I added the sealent without squishing it flat on the side, I let it dry, then it hardend into lumpy mess. So when it comes for me to fix the trim it wont fit, it is too knobbly, urrgg.
So I had to peel off the sides and then cut off the stuff and start again, only on the front bow and aft, so when I have finnished the trim I will reseal it with the sealent, buy some styrofoam and put it under the seats and take some silicone sealent with me on our first day of launch and lots of bubble gum incase the sealent doesn't work.

This is my one of my Favourite artists work, John Moyers
I admire John Moyers work he paints local scenes alla Plein Air here in the Rockies.
http://www.claggettrey.com is where you can find his work.
I really like his use of his Greys, he puts down that heavy paint and just leaves it there. Here is some of his work.

Tomato's Three

I like the warm and cool reds in this one with the hint of green

Pair of Tom's

Brass Jug and Apple

I found this jug at a second hand store, I really liked the reflective quality of the Jug, you can even see the spotlight and apple in it.
canvas panel 8*10

Blue Bottle and Apple

I found this great little bottle , it was just waiting for me at the second hand store.
canvas on panel 8*10

Scissors

It was a challenge to paint metal and the reflections.
fun to do though.
Painted on a 6*8 panel

Pink Lady Apples

This is one of the turning points in my ability to paint as I only had 1hr of usable daylight left, and I was determined to put the paint down and leave it alone, no smurging.