Rowboat 1

16x20 inch oil on cradled gessobord

Not Speaking

8x10 inch oil on canvas panel

Pear

I painted this pear in Katie Cundiff's workshop.  We did a value study first.

Three Ladies 1

8x10 inch oil on canvas panel

Painted this scene from my photos of Sarasota Marina area. I recently took a workshop by artist Katie Dobson Cundiff.  She talked about achieving tones and shades while matching the value study we did prior to doing the color painting.  She works with a limited palette and mixes a pile of gray with black, white and a little burnt sienna to warm it up a bit.  By adding the gray that was the same value as the color I wanted to paint the mass, I was able to desaturize the color and this created harmony.  I have since made different value piles of grays. Some are blue grays, green grays, khaki grays- whatever matches the subject I am working on.

Poinsettia

5x7 inch oil on gessobord

This lovely poinsettia ended up being my Christmas card 2017.  

Framed and ready to go

Orange Rose 1

5x5 inch oil on gessobord

Red Rose 2

8x10 inch oil on gessobord

Pink Rose 1

 6x6 inch oil on gessobord

Poppy 1

6x6 inch oil on gessobord

Red Rose 1

6x6 inch oil on gessobord

White Rowboat

8x8 inch oil on cradled gessobord

Boothbay 4

9x12 inch oil on cradled canvas

Boothbay 3

6x6 inch oil on gessobord

Boothbay 1

12x16 inch oil on cradled gessobord, ready to hang

I took this photo while touring the islands off the coast. There are over 5000 islands off the coast of Maine. Many have summer homes on these islands and can only access them by boat.

Apple Blossom Cardinal

6x6 in oil on gessobord

$35. includes wooden easel

Mr. and Mrs.

6x6 in oil on gessobord

$35. includes wooden easel

Red, green and white boat

Blue Jay 4

5x5 in 

$35 includes wooden easel and shipping

Hummingbird 8

5x5 in 

$35 includes wooden easel and shipping

Yellow Finch 2

6x6 in

$40 includes wooden easel and shipping

sold

White-breasted Nuthatch 1

5x5 in

$35 includes wooden easel and shipping

More birds ready to go to market (Ohio Art Market)

Mountain Bluebird 1

5x5 in

$35 includes wooden easel and shipping

Carolina Wren 4

6x6 in,

$40 includes wooden easel and shipping

Hummingbird 9

5x5 in

$35 includes wooden easel and shipping

My Arts Castle students

Today was our last day of class. It was a success and sorry to see it end. I am so impressed with their talent.  They worked hard on "limited strokes" exercise.  Look at that awesome bird and gorgeous rose!  

First teaching class

Wonderful gals!  They are my first ever art students. Super beginning to my art teaching.

Pears 1

5x5  in oil on ampersand gessobord
$35 includes wooden easel and shipping
sold

Cherries 1

6x6 in oil on ampersand

$40 includes wooden easel and shipping

sold

Three Fairy Wrens

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5x7 in oil on ampersand gessobord

$40 includes wooden easel and shipping

sold

Peaches 1

5x7 in oil on ampersand

$40 includes wooden easel and shipping

sold

Two cardinals

Cardinal 10

5x5 in oil on gessobord

$35 includes wooden easel and shipping

Cardinal 11

5x5 in oil on gessobord

$35 includes wooden easel and shipping

Limited strokes exercise

5 minute notans

These exercises provide me with valuable Value 😊 practice!  

Limited strokes exercise

I love how this turned out. If you follow the values, you get the results.  Getting my brain out of the way....

This post and many following posts are exercises I have done after viewing Peggi Kroll Roberts DVDs. This is in preparation for my teaching this summer.

Striped Hat

Selling prints of this one for $20. + $5. shipping. If interested, email me fwillia7@columbus.rr.com

Child in Window

5x5 in oil on gessoed masonite

Green Boat

8x10 in prints

$20. + $5. Shipping