Sunlit Lemons

"Sunlit Lemons"
8" x 8"

(what this painting could look like framed)

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This is another painting on Aquabord so it is is finished with a protective coating and needn't be matted or framed under glass.  Thank you again "Paint and Draw Together" for the reference photograph and thank you to all you readers for viewing my work.  I really appreciate you taking the time to look and comment.  Have a great weekend!

Almost There

"Sunlit Lemons"
8" x 8"

I'm so close to finishing I can taste it . . . and it tastes like lemon!  :)  I recently got a new monitor and so now I'm completely confused as to whether or not these paintings look anything like their originals with regards to their colors.  I'm using my new monitor to compare to my original, but I still have the old monitor and now that one looks a bit darker.  Goodness knows what these things look like on your monitors! Hopefully they're not too weird.  I probably should start viewing my blog on friends' monitors just to make sure.  

Anyway, thought I'd post this so you could see my progress.  I'm almost there.

More Progress & Wild About Citrus!

"Cynthia's Oranges" (work in progress)
12" x 12"

"Sunlit Lemons" (work in progress)
8" x 8"

"Bowl of Limes" (work in progress)
9" x 12"

I'm finally getting around to painting from some reference photos that were so kindly sent to me from fellow blogger/artists (in fact I still have a couple more in the works -- so thank you and stay tuned!)  The oranges in the first image had such dramatic lighting I absolutely couldn't resist.  Thank you Cynthia Schelzig!  Cynthia makes cards, binds books, draws, paints -- you name it, she does it. I wish she lived closer so we could do art together and she could teach me how to make books. She is very talented and has a totally inspiring blog called Gallery 46 -- you should definitely check it out. 

"Sunlit Lemons" is from the Paint And Draw Together blog -- I have a few reference photos from past PADT posts that I'm hoping to get to soon, and "Bowl of Limes" is a photo I took a few years ago.  I'm loving this aquabord -- it can be challenging though . . . but I'm having fun.  And isn't that what this is all about!?  So stay tuned as I finish these up and get more going . . . I have so many paintings in my head (and on my computer) that there just isn't enough time!

Sunlit Lemons - WIP

"Sunlit Lemons" - WIP
8" x 8"

I worked on this yesterday.  I'm hoping I don't beat it to death as I like the luminosity I've got going so far.  This is on Aquabord -- which I'm LOVING!  Did I mention that before?  :)  The reference photo for this painting is from one of the "Paint and Draw Together" past challenges.  I wanted to try some lemons again.

Anyway . . . Happy Fourth of July, America!  It's a little drizzly here this morning, but I'm hopeful the sun will come out shortly.  At least that's what the weather reports are saying.  Have a great day, wherever you are.  :)

Lemon Wedgies?!

"Lemon Wedges"
5" x 7"
$60 -- at the "Off-The-Wall" Fundraiser in Jaffrey, NH

I posted over at DPW that I wanted to name this "Lemon Wedgies" just to be silly, but thought that people would think I just couldn't spell.  I painted this for the DPW's "Yellow Challenge" and also as a donation to the Jaffrey Civic Center's "Off-The-Wall" Fundraiser to be held on Thursday, May 24th in the 2nd floor Cunningham Gallery at 5:30. If you are in the area and looking for original artwork and to support the arts, do stop by.  All artwork is 5" x 7" and priced at $60.  I've never been, but I've heard it's a great event.  

And now I must get to bed.  I went to a different class tonight at the gym:  "Guns, Guts & Glutes" and nearly killed myself with an 8 lb. medicine ball. At one point we had the ball placed between our legs while we were lying on our backs and we were supposed to be lowering our legs to almost touch the ground then back up and stretched to the sky, lifting our bums off the ground (for what seemed like 100 reps but was probably only 10).  I was really trying hard, but I just couldn't stop laughing at the thought of lifting what felt like an 8 lb. hemorrhoid wrapped around my legs.  Luckily the woman next to me was amused by my pathetic attempts as she was having her own set of problems (but with an excellent sense of humor).  Kudos to all the ladies (many of whom are older than me) in my classes who are AMAZING and to all of you out there that work out.  I'm actually having a blast and determined to get back into some kind of shape . . . other than a giant rectangle.  Hope you don't mind my little updates every once in awhile. It's really quite a comedic adventure.  Tuesday at Zumba I was totally busting out my moves when I realized that everyone was facing forward while I was still facing the back wall.  Good Lord!

Easter Lemons?

Easter Lemons
7 1/2" x 10 1/2"

I had a lot of trouble photographing this one. I have to say, the original has a much deeper, richer overall tone to it - the cools are more violet and the lemons, a deeper yellow. It's hard to explain. I tried to monkey with the colors in photoshop to get a more accurate depiction, but couldn't. So alas this will have to do. (ugh - it looks so dull - sorry.)

At Easter, my sister-in-law made the most delicious lemon mousse. And these lemons were on her counter. I couldn't resist taking a snapshot. So here's to you, Hallie!!  Thanks for the inspiration.  :)  (Incidentally, you can get the recipe for the mousse here. It's a fantastic summer dessert - in fact I'm planning on making some later today.)