Purple Sun

Well, I certainly saw some wonderful examples of Chunky Versals from Lifebook 2016.  

Remember I'll be putting that class up on Creative Workshops in January of 2017!

He is the latest painting drying on the easel. It's oil on a canvas panel, 12x12.

I like the purple background. I do do that very often but I like it!

Day 21 of 30 Paintings Challenge

Oh man, the pressure in on now. I am determined to get to thirty. This is a crazy little 6x8 of a still life that tried so hard to work---and maybe it worked enough to post it and call it #21.  I am feeling like I am in the 4 grade again doing math homework--just get'er done! Anyway, this is a little Angus wannabe painting.

I have my favorite painters in which Angus is one as well as Trisha Adams. I will be in her workshop very soon! Ok! 21 done 9 to go!

Day 16 of 30-30

Leslie Saeta 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge

This is day 16 of my everyday journey of painting from life.

Whew!  I had to make the decision that I had to paint these daily painter faster. I haven't cooked my sweet hubbie much of a meal in 2 weeks and the clothes have piled up (again!) so I had to paint my daily paintings faster. So how to do that? Go smaller I guess. Sometimes it takes me just as long for a smaller one. Luckily this one only took about 2 hours so I am done for today. I decided to paint 6x8 and start from a black gessoed background which is something I enjoy doing. I have several black small canvases ready to go. 

These sunflowers were in a clear antique vase but it just wasn't happening so I changed the vase.

It worked ok.

Sunflower Journal Pages and a Copic girl

She is colored with copic markers and my calligraphy was added in Photoshop. I wanted to see how Sharon's class techniques would work with copics. I am rather out of practice with the blending of the copics but I think they would work great for this technique.
I hope everyone has a sunny day!!!!!

A little Sunflower

I have had paint withdrawal so I had to run and paint a flower. I actually painted this one in acrylic because although the oil paint is so absolutely wonderful--it is a bit of an ordeal for a quick painting. I am not sure if I have the patience for oil paint although I love it. I am done with my 6 week class and enjoyed it so much. I learned a lot and learned that I have a long way to go if I want to learn to paint realistically. The $64,000 question is...do I really want to do that...paint realistically?? Well, I will have to think on that one. I will post my black and white egg on the next post. It is the other value study that I did--by the hardest.

Sunflowers

I will be here at my daughter's house for a week or so but while the baby is sleeping I can draw or paint and today I drew these beautiful sunflowers that her sister in law gave her. The flowers are so beautiful here in Greenville, SC, especially in her yard so hopefully I can paint or draw some more. I love being here with my new grand baby.

Sunday Sunflower Ditty

Happy Sunday to all!

It's warmer today here in Jacksonville, FL, hence the Sunflower ditties for todays blog post. It will be a high of 65 which is much better than our freezing temps. Floridians aren't used to that!

The flowers took about 3 minutes and the lettering took about 30 secomds so I guess this was more of a 31/2 minute ditty. Instant gratification---aahhhhhh!!! That probably says a lot about my personality doesn't it??

THREE SUNFLOWERS

I moved out of my comfort "Poppy Zone" tonight and painted some watercolor sunflowers. I used some black sumi waterproof ink to lightly outline the shapes. I painted it on 300lb arches and it wasn't even a scrap. I am getting very brave. I went through all my papers today at my studio and I convinced myself that I have plenty of paper--no need to use scraps. So the moto for today is...just get you paper out and go for it. It's just paper. (How many times have we heard that??)