Two mugs

With a giant workload dumped on me again, I have had to work in the evening - so not so many paintings again lately. This one 5 x 7.

Trio from the refrigerator

I went to the stores yesterday so I have a new supply of fruit. This one is 5 x 7.

Leaves

Leaves from a valentine bouquet. There certainly aren't any growing outside at the moment. This one, 6 x 8.

Mangos

Mangos were on sale yesterday and I got two of them. I also got some tropical fruit drinkable yogurt that's really good, but I'm not going to paint that. This one, 6 x 8.

The Fake Valentine

A piece of direct mail advertising inspired this, with the help of two tangerines and a fork.  6 x 8.

Pots & Pans

A painting of the kitchen wall done this weekend - this one is a little larger, 14 x 11. This time of year the winter sun hits the wall and leaves interesting shadow patterns.

color wheel

I took a color workshops recently and this is one thing we painted from that. The main colors we worked with on the outside of the hexagon were cadmium yellow light, for the yellow,  a mixture of cadmium red and alizarin crimson for red, a mixture of ultramarine and cobalt and white for the blue. We mixed from blue to red to yellow first than filled in. Then we added to that cadmium orange for the orange,  a mixture of  mauve blue and white for the purple, and a mixture of permanent green, sap green and a touch of white for the green. Everything left of the line down from purple to yellow is cool, and everything to the right is a warm color.  We also did steps from white to black. I'm supposed to paint a neutral gray background around it all when it dries.

Bananas and Spoon

I had never painted bananas before so I tried it last night. Sometimes yellow fruits and vegetables are difficult to paint especially translucent ones like peppers. The bananas were more docile. This one, 6 x 8.