Crazy & Pink

6"x 8"
Watermelon #6

I went crazy today and painted TWO Still Lifes ( how do you spell the plural - Still Lifes? Still Lives?)  both with a lot of pink.  Anyway, I tackled the watermelon again today.  It definitely has more light than the one I did last weekend - so I'll consider that a minor victory.  I got bogged down with the stripes, but somewhat salvaged them at the end; a first for everything.  I really like paintings that have loose fabric pattern in them,  as well as Blue Staffordshire, so I'm going to keep practicing until it's not so scary anymore.

6' x 8"
Rose in a tin can #7

Speaking of scary, this tin can was a nightmare.  I definitely want to practice this, too, because I love flowers in a tin can.  I was feeling a fired up when I started this one with a little more than an hour left of studio time.  Thank goodness I had the good sense not to put that stripe napkin in there; it would have put me over the edge.

Good News is that my monthly group critique starts up again next week and I asked my genius teacher, Tim Horn, to help teach me how to paint a stupid tin can.  I hope he comes through.  He's the master of reflection (among other things).  Check out his Airstream trailers, www.timhornart.com.

A great day today! Thank you to all my wonderful friends and family who have checked in and wished me good luck on the pursuit of my lifelong dream to become a good/better painter! XOXO