Good Day!

Finally, a good photo of the tree and meadow shadows for my mountain scene. It seems like we've seen nothing but purple and blue from this piece. It will be very nice to infuse some new and vibrant colors into these shadows. I will be out of town for my final show of the season starting tomorrow so sadly, we'll have to wait to see those colors!

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Good Morning.

Here is the under painting for the final rose of its series. I was actually able to finish the shadows for the mountain trees yesterday as well but we are waiting until the wet paint isn't so wet. I keep getting a bad glare in the photo. I'll try again tomorrow. Everything is looking good!

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Good Morning!

Here is a peak at the under painting for the yellow rose in the four rose series. I still have one more white one to show in this painting stage. Also, the mountain is now dry so I can add tree and meadow shadows to my mountain scene. Looks like today will be a productive day!!

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Hello!

Featured today is one of the white roses in it's under painted state. Despite the fact that all four of these pieces are roses - I was able to find four roses that could stand out on their own if they needed to. This one has the petals that drop right off the canvas giving it a unique personality. I actually may rotate this one later now that I look at it. Once they are all finished, I'll know which way would be the best way to hang them as a group.

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Good Morning!

As the mountains are drying I am working on a series of four roses in the diamond format. I showed you the drawings in the way they will be hanging on the wall. In the plan there is one pink, one yellow, and two white roses. These are the under paintings that I will be working on and sharing the next few days. Here is the pink one.

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Hello! Here is a look at the finished lavender sky and mountains for this commission. It was requested that the mountains have snow caps and that they resemble the color of the Blue Ridge Mountains. In response to this request, I created my own mountain range that included both ideals. The one thing I noticed when I saw the Blue Ridge Mountains a couple years ago was how soft and quiet the scene looked. Although the mountains had their own majestic appeal, they felt like the quiet protector. That was the feel I was thinking about when I painted the sky and mountains today - strong yet soft. When this layer dries I will look forward to adding evergreen shadows. There will be many of them and they will be magnificent!

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Hello! I had a small window of time last night - so I prepped the canvases for my four diamond roses. Here are the drawings for the four pieces. In between of mountain layers I will be able to work on under paintings for these. They are 10"x10" each so they will be very fun! Today, I will be working on sky and mountains on the other piece. Hope to have an updated photo tomorrow.

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Welcome back! It's great to be back to the painting! As I mentioned in my last blog, I was moving and I just now found all the proper materials to get back to work. I have two commissions going at the moment and we will probably follow throughout this next week or so. We will be following the mountain scene I left you with last. We will also be following some paintings of roses in the diamond format. Meanwhile, here is a glimpse of what one of my new painting spots looks like. I have a four seasons room that has an incredible amount of natural light to paint to during the day. Yippee.

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Good Morning. This will be my last blog entry for probably two weeks. I am moving this coming weekend and I think I have waited just long enough to start packing!! However, I am going to leave you with an under study of a piece that we will be following from the brand new studio when it is all set up! This is a commision request for a lavendar sky, mountains, evergreens and meadows. So far, I've outlined the clouds and mountains. The next step will be adding details and final colors to these features as well as shadowing the evergreens and meadows. They will wait for me to get settled into the new studio though and I will be back in about two weeks!

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Hello. Wanted to check in for a moment. I am about to embark on my last day of a four day show in Akron Ohio. This is one of the paintings introduced here at the show. It is called "Perfect Pumpkin Patch." It is 11 x 14 in size. It fits right in with the season doesn't it?

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Good Morning!

I finished the diamond! I have titled it "Autumn Has Arrived." It is 20" x 20" square. Enjoy!

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Hello!

I had mentioned earlier that I was going to work on my new diamond shaped painting next. I thought I was going to use all greens like the last one but I did not want it to become too predictable. Also, I am starting to become influenced by some autumn colors here lately. So, I decided I would paint one of my favorite orange trees surrounded by new tree friends. An autumn scene is what we are seeing now! More trees to come!

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Hello! It is a final look! Love the boat... may have to try that one again with another pond/lake scene. I hear that the inspiration boat no longer exists so I will paint it's story to live forever!! Until next time...

More painting progress. Should finish quite soon!

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Hello! I wanted to share the progress of a new piece. We are looking at a painting that is a commission. This is a certain size and theme that was specified by my patron. As you can see, I am in the stages of adding the final color layer. I have quite a bit left to go though so I will get back to it!

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