red wine 11 x 14 oil

red and white 11 x 14 oil

pinot grigio 11 x 14 oil

 

I had enjoyed my last wine bottle painting and thought about what I would do next. I actually dreamed of painting this one.  I like the simplicity of it.  I think that the challenge painting I did helped me to loosen up a little bit. I need to do more of those.  In school we had to do a painting with our palette knives.  That is something I should try again.

clementines 5 x 7 oil reworked challenge painting

I decided to add to my challenge painting. I posted it on the challenge website so now I could tweak it to my liking using a smaller brush.  I like it but I also like the simplicity of it the other way too. While painting this I found myself saying "keep it simple stupid" I posted it so that you could see the process and I post everything I paint anyway. I can't say I love the painting. I do like it but that is not what my blog is about. It is not just about showing the pretty little paintings. It is about the good, the bad and the ugly.  The process of my on going quest for growth. 

clementines 5 x 7 oil

So this painting was a one stroke challenge posted on the daily paintworks website. The challenge was to mix a new color for each stroke and use a brush at least 1/2" wide.  The paint color part was not too much of a challenge. That was how I was trained. "putting color next to color"  was how it was put for us.  The challenge for me was using the wider brush. It was hard for me not to go in and add the finer lines especially on such a small painting.  It was also freeing to me. It was all about the color and not defining the objects. It is almost abstract.

wine bottles 16 x 20 oil

This is one I painted last week. I donated it to my son's school for thier silent auction.  That scares me a little. Who knows what it will go for. I am hoping it is at least over a hundred dollars but oh well, it is out of my hands.  So if anyone is going to the summerwood carnival this weekend check it out. I think I will be too nervous about it to see.