This painting is available in my Etsy shop
Betty
Thank you for sharing this little slice of my life
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Day 9 Thirty paintings in 30 days "Lunch at work"
Well, this is day 9 of the 30 paintings in 30 days. This painting came along by chance after my lunch which included a banana! I didn't have a plan when I laid the banana peel on my palette, just in a hurry to get back to my painting. Later I noticed it by chance and yes, I had to paint it. So there it is, day 9.
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Day 8 Thirty paintings in 30 days "Christmas Lighthouse"
Hey I am into week 2 of the thirty paintings in 30 days! This has been a good thing for me. I switched subjects today, the bottles are on hold for a day or so. For today I painted an old island lighthouse, rusted, dilapitated and I think quite wonderful. I would love to spend some time in the islands researching these lighthouses! Probably won't make that trip any time soon, but it was a nice excape while painting this one. Hope you enjoy it!
Prints are available in my Etsy Shop
Betty
Thank you for sharing in this little slice of my life
Monday, January 6, 2014
Day 7 Thirty paintings in 30 days "Dark Roots"
This is day 7 of my thirty paintings in 30 days through January. This painting is "Dark Roots". If you have been following my challenge, you know that I am letting my hair down while painting these Pellegrino bottles. Allowing the watercolors to be loose and casual. These bottles are dark brown, sepia, beside the brighter gold, hence the dark roots name. This painting is larger than the others I have done lately, it measures approx. 12 x 16 inches. I do hope you are enjoying my paintings and my sense of humor! I am having a good time.
this painting is available in my Etsy shop
Betty
Thank you for sharing this slice of my life
Sunday, January 5, 2014
Day 6 - Thirty paintings in 30 days "washed out blonde "
Today is day 6 of the thirty paintings in 30 days challenge that I am doing during January. It is not unusual for me to paint at least one painting each day, but this pushes me to paint one that I feel I can share, that is the challenge for me. Today I have done another version of the Pellegrino bottles that I did on day 3. Really letting my hair down with these bottles, #1 was "hairy carrie" if you recall, and this one is "washed out blonde". I have to say I am looking forward to the next one. Washed out blonde is made up of just 3 paint colors. The soft Aureolin yellow is the blonde and Cobalt turquoise light is the watery color. Indigo sets the stage for the two colors to stand out. I hope you like this painting, and like me are looking forward to the next one! Leave a comment for the name of a "let your hair down" painting, I will try it!
This painting is available in my Etsy shop
Original has sold - prints in Etsy shop
Betty
Thank you for sharing this slice of my life
Saturday, January 4, 2014
Day 5 of thirty paintings in 30 days "You say peony, I say piney"
This painting is very special to me. Peonies were my Mother's favorite flower. We had big pink blooms covered with big black ants at the side of the house every summer. I have picked many bouquets to be stuck into a mason jar. A mason jar of peonies were often taken to the cemetery for my grandparents' grave. We used mason jars before mason jars were cool! I was an adult before I heard this flower pronounced as "peony". My Mother was from Arkansas, and she said "piney"!
"Go pick some pineys" she might say. Well, I know now most folks say peony, but me, I say piney!
"Go pick some pineys" she might say. Well, I know now most folks say peony, but me, I say piney!
Mom, this piney is for you!
This painting is available in my Etsy shop
Betty
Thank you for sharing this little slice of my life!
Day 4 of thirty paintings in 30 days "Hairy Carrie"
Hey, it's day 4 of the challenge and boy am I having a good time with this! Today's painting, "Hairy Carrie" is loose and free wheeling as Harry Caray was once described. At least it is loose by my standards. I am using this challenge to push my watercolors to be a bit looser. This painting could have been very photograph like, but I decided to make it a hairy carrie instead! I hope you enjoy this, I intend to paint these bottles a few times before I crack them open!
Please enjoy or excuse my sense of humor!
Hairy Carrie is for sale in my Etsy shop
Betty
Thank you for sharing this little slice of my life!
Friday, January 3, 2014
Day 3-Thirty paintings in 30 days "Everyday Angel"
Today is my cousin Jimmy's birthday. He was born just two months before me. There were 13 of us cousins, and Jimmy and I have always been close. So, on this third day of the thirty paintings in 30 days I painted my angel food cake for him! I call it MY angel food cake because it really is. I have made many, many of these angel food cakes. This is my "everyday" cake. I make it for birthdays and funeral days and lots of other times too. Here is one I made for a watercolor workshop.
Over 30 years ago a wonderful country woman, Dot, shared her angel food cake icing recipe with me. The cake is actually just a vehicle for the icing. You pour the icing on and it drips down the cake and puddles in wonderful crusty piles of salty, buttery sweetness. The cake always goes on this yellow plate. But today I made my old standby in a new way for Jimmy's birthday, I am starting 2014 out by taking the angel for a walk on the wild side!
"Everyday Angel" watercolor is available in my Etsy shop
Original has sold
Betty
Thank you for sharing this little slice of my life!
And Happy birthday Jimmy!
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