Pear #2

here is last night's pear. This was mostly an exercise of wiping away. I was using what was left of the paint on my palette. As you can see I had to use up some red. I may go to a limited palette by introducing a brighter yellow in the Zorn palette. It will definitely help with the greens. Thanks for looking, Dean

pear

Again i used the limited "Zorn" palette but got a little wild and changed the fruit! Yes I am cray but I had to spice it up some! Ha! Anyway here it is! Dean

More Zorn

I have been playing with that Zorn palette again. I am going to continue to try a number of oil paintings in it. I was going to do a pear also but Megan ate it! Ha! Oh well. I will try again. Anyway I did this apple last night on a 6x8 MDF board. The tree I did today on an 8x10 MDF board. I found that you really have to think to get a variety of colors with such a limited palette. As always, feel free to comment, Dean

Just a few more

Here are a few I did in the last week. The first one is a 18x24 . I got the picture from another painting I saw and really liked. The other one was oil and mine was done in acrylic. The next picture was done plein aire. I tried to paint a picture of a woman painting by the water. It was very windy that day but we had a lot of fun. it is an 11x14. the next one is an 8x10 I painted with the "brush-ka-teers" It is a lamp, books and a string of pearls. Then lastly I tried and apple last night in oil utilizing a Zorn palette. A Zorn palette consists of cadmium red, yellow ochre, ultramarine blue mixed with black and a white. Very challenging and fun.

Spicin' it up!

This was a still life I did to donate to the Beaufort Art Council for a fund raiser. Every year they ask artists to donate an 8x10. They then sell tickets at $25 a piece. From what I understand they number all the paintings donated and then you draw a number to see which painting you get for the $25. This was done with the "brusk-ka-teers" on our tuesday paint night. Let me know what you think Thanks for looking, Dean

Deliverance!

Ha! What were you thinking? This was a still life I did with the "brusk-ka-teers" sort of. Only two of the four painted this one. I had set up a guitar, banjo and mandolin for us to paint but it was way too ambitious. Mitchell and I both just settled on the banjo. Here are the results of mine. As always feel free to comment. Dean

Winter Barn

Here is a painting I did yesterday and today. It is an 11x14 painting of a barn that is on a friends property. I had taken the photo last year when we had a snow storm here. I have wanted to try my hand at snow again and see if I could paint it. I really need to think about focal points and such. Even though it lacks a defined one I still enjoyed painting it! Thanks for looking! Dean