Tulips

This is my second tulip painting (see my first one here) ...this time in brown and white. I finished the painting last night, and I'm happy with it.  It is slightly smaller than the first but is also done in acrylics! I feel like I'm getting stuff done...crossing things off my to-do list.  Now I'm off to help Abby with some wedding design related projects...more on that later! 

Growing Season

"growing season" 11x20 acrylic painting

I finally finished this painting!!! I took a break from it for a couple of weeks, but after finishing the Tulip painting last night, I decided it was best to go back and finish this one tonight! I had the majority of the painting complete, so after 3 more short hours of painting in front of the TV (it is SHARK week!!!), I am done! It feels good.

Inspire Me Thursday: Open Topic TULIPS Painting

I moved into my apartment almost one year ago, and although I had plans for a black & white painting to hang over my sofa in our living area, but I have yet to find the time to actually carry out my plans. I've completed a million other projects for myself and others, but that was the big one looming out there and it was aggravating me. The white space on my wall was a constant reminder!!! For the past few weeks I've been sketching and perfecting in my mind what the final product was going to look like, so when the torrential rains opened up over NYC this weekend I sat down with my plans and started to paint. My boyfriend requested that the painting be black and white, so I decided to do a botanical silhouette painting of tulips. Here are the results:
First:

2nd & final (the boyfriend actually liked the painting best unfinished so I went back and added "highlights":--in the end I think it adds personality to the painting)


Tulips 24x30 acrylic paint on stretched canvas

Inspire Me Thursday: Bold

Acrylic Paint on Canvas Panel titled "Jigsaw"

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Inspire Me Thursday: World Traveler

This week is just a quick one. I did a Paris drawing not too long ago, and I thought about just finishing it and using it for this but that felt a bit like cheating. I think I took a less obvious approach to this topic. I am using this simple painting as a background to one of my journal pages. Here it is:


acrylic paint
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advice from a caterpillar

this is an acryllic painting on an 10 x 8 canvas panel. i am participating in an alice in wonderland swap, and the person i have to send to named chapter 5 "advice from a caterpillar" her favorite chapter. i finally finished it (it took me longer than i expected!), and i wanted to share it with you right away... this is my take on the story. :)