Picnic

My adult class had been working on an outside scene w a table set for a ladies picnic.  I had a new student who wanted to do the same but didn't know how to approach it so finding a canvas in the studio that needed to be painted over I demonstrated the process to her.  Using a canvas that already has paint on it can produce some interesting results.  This painting is a little darker than the 1st one as the underpainting affects the top layer of paint.  I still liked the results and my new student produced a successful first painting.  I have this and the first painting on ebay this week on auction w no reserve.  It is 16x20 oil on stretched canvas.  To bid or enter my ebay site to see my 40 other auction paintings click here

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page 14 from my book

Several weeks ago we had friends over for dinner.  My friend, Louise went outside w my husband to tour the garden.  It was chilly and I lent her a wrap.  Her husband ( with the eye of an artist ) looked out the window and suggested that I take a picture of them as the red wrap on Louise looked so pretty against the background of green in the garden.  I agreed and took several photos.  this one ended up in a painting that I demonstrated to my class.  I changed her location and put her in a hilltop prairie.  This painting is for sale today in my ebay auction along with about 50 other paintings that I am adding to the auction today.  To bid on this one and view my other auction items, click here  

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Beautiful Girl 20x24 oil

This is the latest painting I did with my class.  I was attempting to teach some glazing techniques and also some more impressionist brush stokes, dry brush etc.  This painting has a little bit of everything.  I have it on auction this week through my ebay site and also have a lot of daily paintings there as well. Click here to bid

This is what I am working on this week

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Louise in the Meadow, 16x20 oil

I rushed outside to take a couple of pictures of my friend Louise as she and my husband toured our backyard garden.  I liked the way my red wrap looked on her against the green of my garden.  I had to demonstrate a landscape to my class and thought it needed a little bit of red in it and so my friend made it into my next painting.  She is also an artist and makes the best Chocolate Cake.  To bid on this painting click here to go to my ebay gallery/auction

I am also posting a page every day or so of my book on oil painting to my blog.  I think I am up to around page 12 or so. Check back often and you can read the whole book or better yet,  purchase the book here so you can hold it in your own little hands!  It would make a great gift for your favorite artist.  .  

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Open Studio Arty Party Sunday, Dec 4 1-5

I am gearing up for a big event at my home/studio.  I have invited several other artists to join me in my endeavor.  There will be a potter, hand crafted jewelry, a mosaic artist, several painters in several different mediums, knitters, and those who create one of a kind cards, painted purses and more.  All of my artists are bringing snacks to share with our patrons and I will have something hot to drink.  Any of you who live or are visiting Tulsa on that day are welcome to come.  The address is 1135 N Denver in Tulsa.  See you then.  Bring a friend.

TCC class outing

Goodness, is Oklahoma weather unpredictable.  My students have been wanting to try their hand at onsite painting.  Yesterday, driving to school I thought, " well, today is the day."  We packed up our easels and hiked across campus to catch the last few leaves of autumn.  This pretty little tree was lucky enough to still have it's leaves and so it got painted.  I have it on auction this week on my ebay site.  If you would like to bid on it or my other auctions click here    While you are there see if you can find the painting that is listed for a start price of only $12 with no reserve.  happy bidding!  

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National Endowment for the Arts and us

Our class trip to the Oklahoma Arts Conference netted us some National press! This is from the National Endowment for the Arts.  http://www.arts.gov/artworks/?p=10554

Day one of Louise's Chocolate Cake 8x8

This painting is on the last 8 hours of auction on ebay and I tried to post a better picture ( as I took the one on the listing at night 3 days ago ) but alas, Ebay won't let me change the pic.  Anyways here it is pictured in much better light today.  It features day one of my friend Louise's cake.  I also have day 2 listed today as well.  There was no day 3 as by that time we had to jump in and eat it!  Click here to bid and visit my ebay gallery

Louise's Chocolate Cake 8x8 oil

To eat the cake.... or paint the cake?  That is the question.  The correct answer is... Paint fast and eat the cake too!  I have 2 paintings of this cake in my ebay auction this week ( over tomorrow ) One is bigger than the other.  ( you know why :-) to bid on either one click here to go to my ebay gallery

Shades of Brown Student Art Show the month of November

We had a great time at our opening the other night.  These are some of my students.  It was fun to get together outside of class and just hang out for a while.  We had a great spread that we shared with patrons, got lots of great comments on our work.  You can drop in any time during the month of November to see our stuff and perhaps make a purchase.  It will be hanging at the Shades of Brown Coffee and Art, coffee house at 33rd and Peoria.

Louise's Chocolate Cake

I am thankful that my friend, Louise is such a good baker and I am thankful that I have enough self control to not eat it all before some of it gets painted.  I just got this great cloth at a garage sale and decided to include it in the pic.  I am working on a second ( a little smaller ) painting that I will post soon.  This one can be purchased through my blog for $100.  ( only $3 shipping)You can have your cake and hang it too! :-)   You can purchase the whole book ( not piecemeal ) through my blog as well. 

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Page 3 of my book. I will be uploading a page every day or so.

This is a test. Trying to turn a page into jpg from my book

My Boy, "Boy with the Wind in His Hair" 6x6 oil

This is a painting that I did of Dylan Aycock... (check scissortailrecords.com to listen to his music)  Dylan is a musician who works in what I would describe as the ambient experimental genre.  I have done several paintings of him and willing to let a few of them go.  I really like this one.  I did it to demonstrate to my class a technique that I wanted them to become comfortable with.  Anyways It has a low start bid with no reserve on my ebay auction ( where I have hidden some real bargains this week) click here to bid

In the Garden

This is a painting I did in my adult oil painting class.  It was a demonstration in  the process of landscape painting.  I added myself in the garden as it isn't much fun to have a garden unless you can get out there and play in it !  I have this listed on auction this week at $125 ( it is 11x14 oil on canvas )  please jump in and place a bid ( or make me an offer I can't refuse :-)  To bid and visit my ebay gallery where I have lots of paintings on auction this week, Click Here.

SOLD Dylan's Vintage Motorcycle, mixed media

This is a painting that I did in my college class to demonstrate using Photoshop to tweak a photo of an object or a person and then use the tweaked photo to work from to create a unique painting.  This painting is of my   son's vintage motorcycle.  I have it listed this week at $47 on ebay.  To bid on it click here  While you are there check out my other auction items and visit my online gallery.  If you would like to purchase one of my teaching videos, my full color book on oil painting or learn more about me and my work, you may do so here in my blog.

Citrus and Stripes

I told my students that we would be doing a simple study of citrus fruits.  They were all excited as they thought it would be easy ..... until... ( insert the theme from 'Jaws' here)  I brought out the stripes.  They won that battle but I put the striped cloth in mine anyways. 'cause it's just fun!  If you want to purchase this painting or visit my online ebay gallery ( check out my painting auctions this week ) you may click here
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SOLD My Secret Garden

Sometimes you need only go as far as your own back yard to find subject matter for your paining.  This painting was done when the roses were in full bloom and the cool shadows from the garage apartment stretched across my back yard.  The shadows only made the sunlit roses look brilliant.  Anyways here is the painting I did of my own little " Secret Garden."
To bid on this painting in my ebay auction today click here

Golden Dusk 6x6 oil on canvas

When ever I have a big auction on ebay, I like to put a few surprises out there.  Apparently no one found a couple of my surprises yet as this one is priced at $15 to start w no reserve and there are no bids yet.  It is a 6x6 oil on canvas painted at the grounds at Gilcrease Museum at dusk.  There are a few other daily paintings at even lower starting bids.  See if you can find them. If you want to bid on this one and have access to my ebay gallery, click here  I have about 80 paintings on auction this week.

Queen Anne's Lace at the Foot Hills of the Blue Ridge Mountians 16x20

This is a painting that I did from sketches and photos taken during our trip to visit my sister in North Carolina this summer.  I actually did this as a demo for my adult painting class and included a more dramatic sky.  I have it listed on ebay this week.  If you wish to bid, click here to visit my ebay auction site where I have a lot of daily paintings on auction this week.  A lot of small 6x6 paintings that look great in groups.

SOLD Pretty in Pink 8x8 oil

I used to belong to a portrait group before I started my job as a painting teacher.  I loved the group.  We would hire a model, chip in $3 each and have a finished painting after 3 hours.  This painting started out as a 16x20 and got whittled down to this size as given only 3 hours to finish a portrait is one thing, but a figure, is a whole different ball game.  I had a pretty decent figure but it had some problems and obviously, I got tired of dealing with the problems and cropped it down to the place where there were no problems.  It is on my ebay auction this week for a mere $35 bid!  To bid, click here

Spring Creek, oil and sunblock on canvas

I tried to get a group together to go to the creek with me and ended up with just my husband and me ( he is that cute figure at the edge of the water )  We had all the makings of a relaxing afternoon; books to read, a fresh canvas, paints and mineral spirits.  I ended up knocking the spirits over and found that sunblock lotion does a pretty dang good job as a medium and brush cleaner:-)  This is a little 8x10 sketch that I did that day.  I will have it in my ebay gallery.  I have a ton of paintings on auction this week.  Feel free to check them out.  click here to go to my ebay gallery.