No. 759 Glass Ornaments in Glass Bowl

Glass Ornaments in Glass Bowl

Oil on Gessobord

 6" x 6"

I've been trying to learn how to paint with a palette knife recently. Interesting learning curve there and like everything it has it's pros and cons. This piece was painted almost exclusively with a palette knife.

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No. 689 Ornament #3

 

 

Ornament #3

Oil on Gessobord

6" x 6"

 

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The last and my favorite ornament painting of this season. Teaching classes in downtown Snohomish has it's advantages and disadvantages. The street the art studio is located on is full of antique shops and boutiques with lots and lots and lots of prop collecting opportunities. If I'm not careful it's easy to spend what I just made teaching! On the other hand I've found some pretty cool props. This antique Christmas ornament is one of them.

 

I spent the weekend learning how to make Youtube videos with my iPhone. Crazy right? I made my first art instructional video today. It's very rough. I certainly need practice but you're welcome to check it out if you like. It's about 8 minutes long...

 

No. 535 Christmas Ornaments #2

 

 

Christmas Ornaments #2

Oil on Linen Panel

7" x 5"

 

The second in my "hanging from a ribbon" series. I particularly enjoyed painting this one. There is just something about Santa. :)

 

 



No. 534 Christmas Ornaments

Christmas Ornaments

Oil on Linen Panel

7" x 5"

Recently, Julian Merrow-Smith posted a gorgeous little painting of a cluster of lemons hanging from a string. It was so beautiful I clicked on the auction button to see if perhaps I could make it my own. When I saw the auction was at $500 plus dollars I picked myself up off the floor and started pondering why I was so attracted to this particular piece. Sadly, that painting was not to be mine. I thought, though, that it would be fun to design a series of paintings with a similair concept of something hanging from a string or ribbon. So here is the first of that particular series.

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