Series Sketch Green Parrot

I had to paint this little sketch twice. The first had a poorly realized lower body. I learned this year that part of the "design" of a painting is the space that is is contained in. So, when I repainted this, I set him in a more square format. In a square, I only had to render the part of the body that I was confident about. I think it could be cropped a little on the right. At shown this is 8.5 x 9 inches.  It is part of my series experimenting with water and flooding in colors and can be purchased here.

Apples Completed

This is the painting "completed".

Artist Note: The colors listed previously were added in thin glazed layers and when dry, the highlights were gently lifted out using a soft synthetic brush.
I like the warmth of these colors.
Sometimes, seeing a painting photographed gives me a different perspective.  Although this painting is "completed", I am fairly certain that later today, I will apply another thin glaze to the left side of the background and work a little on the reflection of the left (as you look at the painting) apple. Once done,  I will repost.

Work in Progress 2

There has been a lot done since yesterday's photograph. The right side (as you look at the painting) of the background is fairly close to completion. The green apple (which is my center of interest) is what I painted first after the background. This was also painted with thin layers of paint.

Artist Note: The colors included Schminke indian yellow, aureolin,  translucent orange, and sap green, Daler Rowney alizarin crimson, Holbein cad red light, Daniel Smith  indanthrone blue, and quoin gold for the apples and reflections, The reflections all had some of the background colors added to them to "grey-down" their colors.

My artistic goal for this painting was to have it "feel" like an old master's oil painting: rich, dark and warm.......

Sylvan Duck

Sylvan Duck/ watercolor/ 6 x 5 1/2/ $75

Another little watercolor of a duck from Sylvan Heights. I often find adding some drips or spots onto the watercolor adds interest.
I also worked on a still life setup: something small with a trial of rectified turpentine in the background. I'll post it tomorrow. The background was very interesting and artistic using this turp. It made the surface a little tacky. Unfortunately, I painted over the background completely losing that interesting effect..but there is always tomorrow!

http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/sue-churchgrant/sylvan-heights-duck/187304