Orange and blue

Lukas Artist Watercolors
Click on blue above. deal of the day in watercolor whole and half pans!
The orange itself is GREAT- the background needs a little more intensity in the shadow and the line between the wall and the shelf needs some shadowy thingys here and there along the line and a shadow on the shelf behind the orange.

Laur's first painting class with Michelle

Laur, your good to go for the Christmas Bazaar. I like your simple apple and think if you can remember how you did it, you will have a good little sale item. I want to eat it ! You did GOOD !! Now you find out EXACTLY what number brush and series you used at Michelle's class and go buy it!! Below is Michelle's apple. She has a lovely wall painted golden and a brown table. In another one she painted the background almost like a night sky. She forgot to put a shadow on the wall for this apple, although she has one for the bowl. It makes the Bowl seem very realistic and the apple pasted on.

I lied, here's my egg

Morning Laur ! You definitely are good discerning between dark and light, so that it makes an interesting picture to look at. I tend to have too many middle values. I really LIKE the colors you used on the wall and the shelf. What were the main colors you used? I guesss you should lighten the egg a little but I can't say how or with what colors...hmmm... so it would stand out more against the beautiful background colors. Then you could but a firnis on it and sell it at the Bazaar as a kitchen painting. How long did it take?

beginings of my latest effort.. no egg.. have to rest my arm

I have lowered the mountain a little and toned down the white clouds. This is the begining of the tulip fields. I'll add more layers of color. I can see the mountain might need to come down a little more all across. What do you think Suz? It felt so good to paint today. I am feeling so much better than expected. Chicken soup with lemon in it, aspirin, Chinese herbs, and Ginger tea. Mark is still under the weather. Not even golfing tomorrow. His store bought drugs are not helping him.
Ah, those colors are wonderful. How did you mix that green? is the blue, cobalt? They look so FRESH and modern!! If you want the poppy field to be a joyful dominant part of the forfield, bring the mountain top and mountain up an inch or so- that the mt top hits the upper 3/5 line of the painting, and so that you can expand the size of the poppy field a little.

Talens contest

Talens amature contest

Click above to find details. The Royal Talens (Rembrandt) site is a meeting place for artists and art lovers. Every week some thousands of people from all over the world visit this site. Put together your own collection on the site and become part of a worldwide exhibition.

Laura's 4th- House and lavender field in Europe

This is definitely French lavender! Perfectly wonderful- the lavender could be toned down in spots with some shading here and there. The roof needs a few wash strokes of middle tone to break up the difference between the sky and the walls of the house. (Needs a contrast.) Make a bluish shadow under the roof eave. Make the lavender in the back receding with a lighter less lively over wash to calm it down. Maybe using blue green to wash over it just a little?




















Below is Julian Merrow-Smith's painting of these Cypress trees for a comparison to the artist painting you are using. Laur, yours look very similar, but without the brighter contrast he has.

Laura's 2nd acrylic- Raps field with poppies in summer

Laur this is really great and great to behold now that I lightened it up with office Picture Manager. I bet Deb will want it for Christmas!! Yellow....just take some flowers out of the right hand corner and lighten the sky and lower the left side of the mountain just a little while you are at it.

Laur by good luck I just found the original Julian Marrow-Smith so am adding to blog for you- I like your joyful flowers better than his, although his are very artfully done. Also I like your field better.