parfois je pense a pommes de peinture en raison de la janettmarie . . .

otherwise known as

sometimes I think about painting apples because of janettmarie

8x8 acrylic on canvas panel

myra anderson

feel better Lisa G!

an apple for janettmarie and a postcard from cezanne

I have to admit that the engineer turned modern, expressive, impressionist artist Janettmarie has me painting apples.  I think I've done a few nice ones that I will post.  At least this one is not a round ball!  What's next?  Bonnie will have me painting flowers, Dreama will have me painting cats, Mary Sheehan Winn will have me painting cute cozy cottages and on and on and on . . .I did manage to do a few figurative works in acrylic - and I even painted a ballerina!  Will post next.

I now live in the hot town of Texas.  I miss the Art Institute of Chicago.  That's where I first saw Cezanne (not this one).  It was years ago but his apple painting was so vibrant and alive that I can still see it in my mind. . . and there's a lot of stuff floating around in there!

seeing double . . .

If you want to learn how to use acrylics there is nothing more fun than painting apples . . . all that red . . . delightful!  In the previous post I said that I thought the apple was cute . . . but a little round.  In the bottom painting I worked hard to loosen up that brushstroke.

The top painting is the first time I've ever painted a whole cup.  What? Gettin' loose?  Paintin' cups?  What's next?

apple party . . .

This is my first acrylic apple painting.  It's like me . . . cute but a little too round.  I bought a 'standard' box of acrylics with the usual six colors - red, yellow, ultramarine blue and so forth.  I don't think I would recommend that for a true acrylic adventure.  I would individually buy the colors I like.  For instance I would buy phthalo blue rather than ultramarine blue and sap green rather than 'whatever' green and so on.  The adventure continues . . .