SURROUNDED

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Of course, I had to paint another white cup with persimmons! I painted so many bad white cups that it feels really good to finally feel that I can paint a fairly good one - much improved with all the practice. Painting the same thing over and over does help. To see another artist's practice, on a plastic bowl, click on Jean Townsend's link HERE. She painted her bowl 10 times with commentary on each post. She did a great job. In the meantime, I will continue to work on my cups! :-)

BEST BUDS

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HOORAY!! I painted a white cup! All is right with the world! :-)

HAVE A WONDERFUL THANKSGIVING!!

We all have so much for which to be grateful!

SKY

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This is a painting for the November challenge of Some Texas Artist Like to Paint, which is "sky." Check out the site for some great sky paintings!

PERSIMMONS TWO

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This is the same setup as my last post, but with a different perspective. The mirror on the right added quite a bit of light to the persimmons, especially the one in the foreground.

PERSIMMONS

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These were really fun to paint. I've never tried painting persimmons. I saw them in Central Market and decided to give them a try. I added a mirror to the right of the setup to add a bit more light in that direction. The stronger light was on the left. I think I will be painting more of these beautiful fruits and play more with lighting.

GREEN DRAGON

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HAVE A FANTASTIC WEEKEND!!

TWO APPLES AND A BOWL

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More apples and this time with a green bowl. These are fun to paint and practicing more with elipses. Gosh, there is soooo much to learn! It's a good thing that I love doing this ..... loving the journey, as they say. :-)

This painting and the one before was painted with a limited palette of three colors - Primary Red, Primary Blue, and Primary Yellow by Maimeri and Titanium White. This is fun to do sometimes. One learns a lot about what these colors can do.

FANS OF THE GREEN DRAGON

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Three Red Delicious apples and one Green Dragon apple are my current subjects. They are good for practice and make nice paintings. Maybe I'll put a white cup with one of them ..... or not!

PITIFUL CUP

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Well, I tried again to paint a white cup. White is so difficult for me and I realize I need lots of practice. Most of my attempts have been relegated to the garbage and will never see the light of day. However, I need to post today and this is all I have at this time. So, here is my poor, pitiful, white cup.

LIMES TWO

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This is the same set up as the previous post. It's painted from a different perspective, like the clementines were. I like doing this as it provides good learning possibilities. In Carol's workshop we were encouraged to paint the same thing over and over and I understand the reasoning behind this suggestion. With each new angle the more one sees ..... values, color, edges, shapes. Learning - it's a wonder!!

LIMES

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CLEMENTINES IN GREEN BOWL TWO

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This is the same set up as my last post, but from a different perspective. I think I will do this again with a set up, because there is much to learn about the light, shapes, values, etc. when you look at it from a different angle.

CLEMENTINES IN GREEN BOWL

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Have a wonderful weekend!

Enjoy some clementines and don't forget to squint!

JOE and the CLEMENTINES

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I focused on white today. I have a white cup which is a bit translucent. I filled it with coffee and added some clementines. Now they can go on the road. :>)

APPLE HARVEST

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It felt really good to get back to the easel today after being gone for two weeks! I pulled out Carol's notes about painting white and did some sketches this morning. I felt a little rusty, but it felt great to have a paint brush in my hand. It is evident that I need more practice and will continue to do more and more until my whites look like white! :)

In the afternoon I painted "Apple Harvest" for the Studio Atelier challenge. This is the first time I have participated in this particular blog challenge. The blog host, Barb Benik, takes photos and uses one every 3 to 4 weeks for the challenge. In this particular photo I cropped it and had a blast painting. Click here and enjoy what has been submitted and maybe join in!