When picking out my subject for today’s little painting I was a little surprised to find that nearly all my lipsticks are almost identical in shade! Its not even as if I wear lipstick that much – it never stays on, I put it on and then a few minutes later it seems like its…
Read MoreWorking with blue underpainting proved more difficult than the magenta did. Very hard to get cleaner colours for the icing. The extemely subtle colour changes in the cupcake case were very hard to do and not revert to using tiddly brushes. I’m trying to get myself to do more sketching so this is todays –…
Read Moreoil on canvas, 6″ x 6″The first of my “homework” – I’m sure I’m still not getting the paint on thick enough (that is SO hard for me, I want to scrape off and leave minimal paint on the canvas! I’m using cotton reels as they are nice solid blocks of colour to work with…
Read Moreoil on canvas 6″ x 6″Today’s daily painting is the last bite of cherry pie from last night’s slice (yes, I did eat it – the first ever cherry pie of my life!). I started out with the fork on a plate but after failing to get my colours together I abandoned the plate for…
Read Moreoil on canvas 8″ x 8″Not sure about this one – think I am going to have to do a little more work on it after I have left it a bit. For some reason this was a real struggle and I can’t figure out why. It strange how some days putting paint on canvas…
Read MoreWhen I came home tonight I wasn’t in the mood to paint at all and I spent at least an hour fussing about what to do, hovering between a pastel and doing my daily painting. The more I thought that I wouldn’t do a little painting, the more guilty I felt and so I ended…
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