Yesterday I tried rough brush strokes and less detail, and I had a blast! First up is a delicious calorie bomb. I bought four of these. Enjoy this one together with my family, will you? Berlinermunk is Swedish for yeast raised, frosted jelly donuts. Dear linguists and gourmands out there, enlighten me!
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Berlinermunk
Posted in acrylic, available, brown, canvas, food, pastry, pink, technique, tagged art, painting on January 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Cherry Tomatoes
Posted in acrylic, available, canvas, orange, red, tomatoes, tagged art, painting on January 15, 2010 | 2 Comments »
My daughter’s (4) comment, when I finished the painting: “Your paintings are getting better and better, mom. This one is much better than the previous ones. So. May we eat them now?” My kids eat cherry tomatoes like candy, and they had both been hovering above my still life arrangement, drooling, while I painted.
Green Means Go
Posted in acrylic, apples, available, brown, canvas, green, tagged art, painting on January 11, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Three shiny granny smiths. I give you “Green means go”.
Oranges or Apricots?
Posted in acrylic, available, canvas on board, fruit, green, orange, tagged art, painting on January 10, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I started painting these in Thailand two years ago, and I gave them a finishing touch a couple of days ago. What fruit do you see?
Donuts
Posted in acrylic, available, brown, canvas on board, daily painters, food, pink, tagged art, painting on January 7, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Painting Krispy Kremes and Dunkin’ Donuts seems to be iconic for many daily painters. I painted mine (Arnold’s; the only donut place here in Finland) for two reasons: 1. I never use pink when I paint the objects I am most comfortable painting. (“Which means fruit! Always fruit, preferably pears,” my husband would mutter. He [...]
Pears. Let Us Begin With Pears.
Posted in acrylic, available, canvas on board, orange, pears, the creative process, tagged art, painting on January 5, 2010 | 4 Comments »
As long as I can remember I’ve been drawing and painting every day, all the time. On the train, in the bus, at home, at school. When I turned 20 I stopped. There was a period of almost no painting or sketching or anything at all. We are talking about a decade, even longer. All [...]
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