Summer Sunrise 06

Painted from life.  My second painting of the sunrise made me glad I stayed.

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Copper Tea Kettle - SOLD

I was really happy with the way it turned out.  Midway through a painting I tend to have my doubt.

 The beginning of a painting always fills me with hope and excitement.

 I'm getting that loose brushwork in the background.

 I decided I need to go darker in the background and incorporate some of the green I was seeing..

 Blocking in the tea kettle.

 I'm starting to wipe away my lights with a paper towel.

Pretty much done at this point.  I may have skipped a few steps but I tend to get engrossed in my work.

Evening Rain

This was long before the San Antonio hail storm that happened at 10:00pm.  I was out painting around 5:30pm and got back home at 7:00pm.  I was originally going to wait for sunset but I figured the storm clouds would cover it up. We had a windshield break on our car and some damage to the car exterior, but luckily that was the worst of it.
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Sunflower in Warm Light

This was painted with a direct warm light on the sunflower.  I really wanted to focus on the light and how beautiful this sunflower was.

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Roses and Gold

I like to play around with different lighting. This was a warm yellow/green light. I turned down the intensity because I wanted a more harmonious color scheme. These roses are probably the same ones from the last painting.  I bought four roses on Tuesday and I've used them for two small paintings.
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Lighted Tea Cup

As I scrutinized this tea cup before I started, I asked myself "what is it about this tea cup I want my viewer to see?" The challenge is to find beauty in a subject and transfer that to your canvas. I thought some more and played with different lighting. This time I chose a soft green light.
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