More Type . . . Sigh

work-in-progress
12" x 12"
(watercolor on cradled aquabord)

I'm still messing with this one.  That crazy little white type is driving me nuts!  I also still have some tweaking to do on some of the larger type.  I do love the colors of these cartons though, don't you!? So much fun to paint.

Have a great weekend!

Cracker Jacks

"Aye-Aye"
8" x 8"
(watercolor on cradled aquabord)

This old "Cracker Jack" box is a commissioned piece, however I chose to do two paintings from it and let the client choose which one she likes best.  I'll let you know which one she prefers. Which one do you like best?

 "Cracker Jack"
8" x 8"
(watercolor on cradled aquabord)

I'm still messing around with some of the type on the painting above.  I want to tweak "Cracker Jack" just a bit. I love typography but it can be very difficult for me.  

Have a great day!

4 Paintings

Here are four of my 12" x 12" packaging paintings I've been working on.  I'm still tweaking Heinz, although it's pretty much done . . . and have some detail work to do on the Hershey's Syrup.  I started Ben & Jerry's over the weekend and worked a lot on it today.  I also started my second Cracker Jack painting (not shown) and Land O' Lakes is done!  Here's a closer look:

"Like Buttah"
12" x 12"
(watercolor on cradled aquabord)

Hope you had a fruitful start to your week!  Thank you for checking in.  :)

Remember These?

A few weeks ago I gave you a couple of "sneak peeks" of the commission I was working on.  Well here are the "peeks" and their finished paintings.  These are the final two of the group of five paintings.

It's been a bit of crazy week so far and I admittedly haven't done much painting --- gaaaahh! So nothing much to show. But I'm gearing to get back on track tonight.

"Peanut Butter Portrait"
8" x 8"
(watercolor on aquabord)
SOLD

"Marinara"
8" x 8"
(watercolor on aquabord)
SOLD

Here is the final commission all together.  I think they're pretty neat.  Have a great rest of the day!

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Days #7 and #8

"Perched"
8" x 8"
(watercolor on cradled aquabord)

Just a quick post today.  I've been working on my new series and trying to finish up some older paintings.  I have my Backroads Studio Tour coming up -- October 1st and 2nd -- my annual Open House and have lots to prepare.  I'll keep you posted . . .  

wip
8" x 8"
(watercolor on cradled aquabord)

Day #1 - "Perched"

"Perched" - wip

I recently completed a commission where I painted a series of favorite food items for a client.  I had so much fun, that I decided to continue my exploration of packaging.  So I pulled out some things from my pantry and began to plan out a little series of paintings for Leslie Saeta's 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge.  As I explained in my previous post, I won't be completing 30 paintings, but I'm going to work on 9 square paintings of various sizes.  Here's my first day's progress.

Enjoy your day and thank you for stopping by.