Daily painting #166

Red Pear & blue bottle

5 x 7 inch oil

SOLD

Back to the 5 x 7 inch paintings today, this pear started out a bit yellow, green and red, but as it has ripened it has turned this nice rich red.

Small Blush pear

Blush Pear

10 x 10 cm oil

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I love painting blush pears, the colours are great, this is a little 10cm square canvas board, this painting has a light coat of varnish.

Plum pair

Plum pair

15 x 15 cm oil

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I thought these red plums would look good on a blue cloth. This painting has a light coat of varnish.

daily painting #165

Two Apples

5 x 7 inch oil

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I haven't painted an apple in a few weeks, so here are two more. The green one is a Granny Smith and the red one is a Red delicious.

Daily paintings #163 & 164

#163 Clementine pair

5 x 7 inch oil

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#164 Clementine and lime

5 x 7 inch oil

SOLD

Here are my latest two 5 x 7 inch daily paintings, I am now only numbering the 5 x 7 inch, it just makes things easier to keep track of, as these are done with W&N Griffin oils they are dry and can be posted sooner than the other paintings.

Pear with cherry

Pear with Cherry

15 x 15cm (approx 6 x 6 inch)

SOLD

I'm back! I had to take a few days off the daily paintings to catch up on some other work for a gallery, I will have more news on that in a few weeks time.

This pear and cherry painting is another one done with my new paints, it has a light coat of varnish.

I had some more good news this morning, an email to say one of my doughnuts paintings has been selected to feature as one of the images of the month for April on the Painters online website 

Jam Doughnuts

Jam Doughnuts

10 x 10 cm oil

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I really enjoyed painting the strawberry doughnuts the other day, so I thought I would have a go at jam doughnuts. great fun to paint.

Baby Pineapple

Baby Pineapple

15 x 15 cm (6x6 inch approx)

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This is my first ever painting of a pineapple, and I did find it quite tricky! as almost all of my daily paintings are painted from life rather than using photos I have avoided pineapples before as they are usually so big. This baby pineapple, the fruit part was only the size of an apple so it was great. It was very tasty as well,  it was eaten shortly after painting, Mum and I had half each.

This painting was done with W&N Artists oils on canvas board.

Doughnuts

Doughnuts

10 x 10 cm (approx 4x4 inch)

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Doughnut

10 x 10 cm oil

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These 2 paintings are my entries for this weeks challenge on Dailypaintworks.com. the challenge was to paint a doughnut. they were a nice change to paint.

I have had a few days off the 5 x 7 inch daily paintings, I am using the time to catch up on some other work, but they will be back soon.

Daily painting #162

Blush pear with silver

7 x 5 inch oil

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I got this great little goblet with a twisty stem off ebay last week, its quite small but it is another great prop for my paintings.

As I am now doing more paintings daily, I am only numbering the 5 x 7 inch ones, it just makes it easier for me to keep track of whats sold.

Granny Smith in Red

Granny Smith in Red

15 x 15 cm oil

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Here is the next painting done with W&N Artists oil, it is dry and has a light coat of varnish.

This was my first go at painting red cloth, I like how it has turned out.

Daily painting #161

Banana and blue bowl

5 x 7 inch oil

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I have never painted a Banana before, I don't like to eat them at all! so I have been avoiding painting them for a while, I don't think I have got this one quite right, I hope someone might like like it and I shall try harder next time.

Red Apple

Red Apple

15 x 15 cm oil

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Here is the next painting done with Artist oils, I kept this one simple as I was still getting used to the way the colours blend together. painted alla prima from life.

Daily painting #160

Pears in blue bowl

5 x 7 inch oil

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Back to using W&N Griffin oils today, and another one with the blue bowl. The pears in this one were very small Rocha variety.

Blush Pear on cloth

Blush pear on cloth

15 x 15cm (approx 6x6 inch)

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This is my second painting done with my new paints, its now dry and had a coat of varnish, so it's in need of a good home.

Daily painting #159

Lemons with blue bowl

5 x 7 inch oil

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I had a lot of lemons still in the fridge since pancake day, so I thought they would go well with the blue bowl that I used the other day.

I have sold out of all my 10cm sq little paintings so I hope to get a few more of them painted over the weekend.

Daily painting #158

Pewter with Plums

5 x 7 inch oil

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I like painting plums, so I painted them again today.

Daily painting #157

Blue bowl with Plums

5 x 7 inch oil on canvas board

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Another new item to my daily paintings, I have been thinking about painting this bowl for a while, but I was always put off a bit by the size of it, since changing the composition, and painting larger items recently I am glad I finally got to use it. The bowl is glazed terracotta and the blue glaze is quite reflective, its quite a challenge to paint reflections on coloured items, but it was fun to paint. 

Daily painting #156

Granny Smith with silver

7 x 5 inch oil

SOLD

Here is another one with the silver goblet, this time with a granny smith apple.

Blush Pear

Blush Pear

15 x 15 cm Oil

SOLD

Here is my first painting done with my new W&N Artists oils. I am getting used to using them now, it was such a change at first, the colours are a lot more intense and the consistency is slightly different to the Griffin range, the biggest change for me was the drying time.

Daily painting #155

Pomegranate with Pewter

5 x 7 inch oil

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This was yesterdays painting, due to problems with Auctiva, the ebay listing site I use, I could not list it last night.

I know I keep on mentioning new paintings with my new paints, but I will be listing the first one in the next few days,  I have been waiting to see how they looked when dry, I will be varnishing the first few tomorrow.

Daily painting #154

Red Delicious with Silver goblet

7 x 5 inch oil

SOLD

This is the second painting to feature this goblet that my uncle Roger made years ago. I only use french Ultramarine, burnt sienna and white to mix all the silvery grey, I find these colours great for mixing different tones of metal

Daily painting #153

Cherries with blue glass bottle

5 x 7 inch oil

SOLD

I've had a very frustrating couple of days! my Internet connection started playing up Sunday afternoon and by Sunday night it was off totally, it was back on this afternoon.

This painting was done yesterday, I am sort of getting used to painting larger items in small paintings.

I am still playing around with my new artist oils, I have decided to only post them on here and on eBay once they are dry and ready to be sold. there are some pics of my new paintings on my Facebook page.

Daily painting #152

Mandarin orange & blue bottle

5 x 7 inch oil

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This is my first daily painting to feature some glass in it, the blue is great with the orange. I am finding lots of new larger items to paint, it has been quite a change only painting parts of items alongside the fruit, but it gives me many more options than just sticking to items that fit in.

This is also the first mandarin, very like a clementine with the leaves, only a lot rounder and the leaves are quite small.

Daily painting #151

Comice pear with silver goblet

7 x 5 inch oil

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A bit of a change in composition again for me today, I decided to paint the pear quite large, I usually leave quite a space around the edges, but I think this works well also.

The Silver goblet was made by my uncle Roger.

Daily painting #150

Clementine with pewter

5 x 7 inch oil

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I used the pewter tankard again today, the composition of these last three paintings has been quite different for me, I usually have the whole of an object in the painting, I have been running out of smaller items so it will be good to paint more like this.

Daily painting #149

Pear with Pewter

5 x 7 inch oil

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I enjoyed painting the pewter tankard yesterday, so I used it again today. I switched around the lighting for this one so there was more of a reflection from the pear.

Daily painting #148

Red Delicious with Pewter

5 x 7 inch oil

SOLD

I have painted a few red apples before, but this is my first Red Delicious. The pewter tankard holds a pint, but sadly it was empty!

Daily painting #147

Blush Pear with cherry

7 x 5 inch oil

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Another blush pear for today, this time with a cherry.

Daily painting #146

Two Blush Pears

5 x 7 inch oil

SOLD

These two blush pears were quite small, so they fitted nicely in todays painting.

I've had a busy few days painting with my new oils, all my daily paintings as well as todays, so far have been painted with Winsor & Newton Griffin Alkyd oils, I am now using W&N Artist oils. They are quite different to paint with, much creamier, I will post pics soon, I am now having to work out drying times.