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 . . .

pears . . . get it together!

pears . . . get it together!

acrylic on canvas

myra anderson

This is a 9x12 canvas I am working on today.  I did pretty good this past week.  No cake, no pie, no candy, no cookies . . .  but . . . does 10 teaspoons of sugar in my coffee count as a dessert?

workin' on my apple . . .

When it comes to painting apples I'm no JanettMarie but never let it be said that I didn't give it all I had to give.  So far I've only done about 10 acrylic paintings.  Acrylics are fun!

tomato?

I was feeling quite anxious while painting this tomato . . . it was close to dinner time and Harvey he does likes his stew. I'm no Lisa Daria (she's so great!) I'm still looking for that expressive acrylic brush stroke. But not with this tomato . . . it was delicious. (Also, I don't think I like the shadow so I might repaint it tomorrow).

cherries 1x

pencil cherries by

myra anderson

There is an artist who draws very beautiful, photographic pencil drawings. Hmmmm . . . a mere pencil and a piece of paper - thought I would give it a try. Well, my favorite cherry is the one on the end. The stems remind me of the size I used to be a long time ago - 1x (more on that later).

Thinking . . .

Well, I have been thinking about making some changes on this blog. I've removed some things and - - I will be changing more things around. This is 8x6 acrylic on watercolor board. I have never painted with acrylic and I thought that I would give that a try as well . . .

in the movies with mary, jm ,km, terri, bonnie, christina, david, tammy, jeMa, Lisa, Barbara, CJ, Connie, Carol & me

art 'trailer' for new 'movie'

reach!

super duper two-fer . . .

he's super duper: As you know I have been working hard to teach myself how to draw faces. I'm improving with the side views - face from the front is the next face frontier. When I saw this painting by Kevin Wueste I was inspired to bring my drawings up to the next level by adding shades of grey and white pastel.

what's the two-fer: As you also know I have also been working on a personal style series (more to come). Please click the title of this post for the two-fer. Come on . . . you know you want to . . .

great shoes to fill . . .

JanettMarie - colorful and expressive #1 . . .

As I have said many times before, the apple paintings (and all of her other paintings) of JanettMarie are very beautiful and expressive. Question to self: As I try to improve my skills in figurative painting how can I add this same excitement of color and brushwork? Huh Myra? How?

http://janettmarie.blogspot.com/

Lisa Daria . . . so cute . . . so modest

Lisa Daria is so modest that I had to do what I do with all of my favorite artists - be nosy - and root all around her web site. Look what I found! It's wonderful, her art looks so beautiful and Lisa looks so cute!

http://www.patriotledger.com/features/x884193631/Hull-artist-creates-a-painting-a-day-for-art-s-sake#slideshow

Qiang Huang

Apples - The Movie

All Of The Artists You See In This Movie Are The Recipients of The Sunshine Award! Artists -Please claim your award! Just A Note: If I put the movie on YouTube the paintings will be larger and you can see the signatures of the artist and make yourself a copy if you wish. Okay?

And the award goes to Lisa Daria and JanettMarie

I would like to thank Tammy and Claire for giving me this 'Sunshine Award'. Had they not given it to me - I would have given it to them. I give this award first of all to JanettMarie (see previous post) and to Lisa Daria and her dog 'puppy'. (I don't know his name). What beautiful works they have. They make me go 'ohhhhhhhh!' 'ahhhhhhhhh!' 'oooooooooo!'

Puppy is soooooo cute!

Rough Cut Of My Latest 'Video' - Van Gogh's Women of the Field

Disclaimer: Compared to my other videos I wanted to do something just a little - and I do mean a little controversial. While this video is 100 percent quirky and fun, it contains one small viewpoint (a happy one) at the end that is held - not by the multitude - but by the many. So please enjoy the music and the artwork of Vincent Van Gogh.

If you do not think the music fits with Van Gogh I was having a hard time finding music that sounds like a thunder storm. I'm still looking.

carol marine daily painting video

Reminds me of the three tenors only with paint . . .

Portrait Model from Marc Dalessio on Vimeo.