Okay guys ....

I want to see some paintings from you two! :-)

Yellow Tulips 2

More tulips ...

Diana's Christmas Ornaments

I've been picking at this one for a long time - it's definitely time to stop and move on. This collection of ornaments belongs to my friend, Diana. The bell is over 100 years old and was her mother's favorite. This is a long overdue Christmas present to Diana.

Birthday Cupcake

Birthday lunch tomorrow for my friend, Rebecca. Decided to attempt a "quick" study of a cupcake - that meant 4 hours for this 6 x 8. I started with only one cherry on top but liked doing them so I got carried away and kept adding more. At least I painted today.

Yellow Tulips 1

When I got together with Jane last week, we felt we needed to just get back into the feel of painting without thinking too much so we picked small paintings to copy. This one started out as one of Julian's daffodils but when I got home I bought some tulips and painted them in. I'm going to do another one of the tulips with a light background. I'm interested in practicing on the hard shiny quality of glass along side the soft edges of the flowers. I'm going to have to work on a better arrangement of leaves in the next one.

Wilson's Dog

This is the final version (I hope) of the dog I started weeks ago.

The Harvester

This is a sketch for a bigger painting.  I wanted to work out the color palette.  I am still considering other options for the clothing of the women in the background.