Platonic Love

And I'm done!!! All my paintings for my March show are complete. I still have to frame them. But that's only time consuming. I feel pretty good right now. Tomorrow I'll paint something small and see if I can still do that.

Orange High Rise

Another for my show, I'm getting very close to being done. I'm looking forward to getting back to the daily painting experience. I have been painting every day, but it's been all day every day. I miss painting the small ones. (I wonder if I remember how to paint small.)
This one reminded me how much the colors around a color, effect our perception of it. I had toned the canvas orange, and when I started painting the cloth I was sure the color that I had mixed was a very warm gray, but it looked too cool. Sure enough when I added the cool gray background the color that had looked so cool next to the orange tone, now looked very warm. I know these things, but it can still surprise me. Luckily I had trusted my color mix and hadn't made it any warmer.

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Ba Da Bings

Another for my show. The thing with cherries is that they are so shiny and reflective. Whenever I paint them there is a point when I think, "this is terrible" then I remember that they don't start to look like cherries until you get to the point where you can paint the reflections and highlights. Then, amazingly, they change from cherry shaped blobs into cherries.
I didn't paint much today, because Fridays my students come. Did I tell you I have 2 students? One comes weekly and the one every other week. My student today did really well, I can see real progress. That's so exciting. When someone in a class or workshop starts to "get it" and you know that you helped them.

Mood Indigo

Another for my March show. I wanted to show off the shape and movement of the tops of the pitchers. I like the drama of the piece. The cherries were not originally in the plan, but they add that certain something. The cloth wasn't really green, but hey, that's why we artists have license.

Rose Red

Another gallery painting (16x16). Many people tell me they find roses one of the most difficult subjects, but for some reason they are not for me, and I love painting them.
Monday the doctor replaced my over the elbow cast with a below the elbow cast. I can bend my elbow again! It still hurts some to straighten it, but it's gives me so much more use of my hand.