Fearless Friday, “Stand Alone”
Today’s painting was inspired by this single ranunculus bloom that I placed in a juice glass on a side table next to my favorite chair. As I glanced at it often while I was working, I became fascinated by the complexity of the composition of shapes and colors I saw. I snapped a photo … Continue reading
Fearless Friday, “Reflections”
I have been crazy for tulips lately, and that includes drawing and painting them I found a picture of vases of tulips on a window sill and couldn’t get to my studio fast enough I was eager to try another painting with a red underpainting {the … Continue reading
Fearless Friday on Thursday, Pink Flower Therapy!
Welcome to Fearless Friday on Thursday this week, tomorrow I will be participating in a special edition of the Tales of the Traveling Tote Adventures, sharing photos of where in the world we have taken a favorite piece of MacKenzie-Childs tableware It is going to be a lot of fun! I … Continue reading
Fearless Friday, Focal Point
Happy Fearless Friday! I’m going to play the role of teacher today because I have had very little time to paint, but things are settling down and I am adjusting, so I am hoping to have lots more time for serious painting soon… Today let’s talk about focal points, and stroll through … Continue reading
Fearless Friday, Life’s Layers
Back in the “city” recently, I worked in my studio on a commissioned abstract The customer wanted something similar to the painting below Mostly whites and grays with touches of blue and gold The 2″ wrapped canvas is 40″ x 40″ I started with the … Continue reading
Fearless Friday, Pam’s Hydrangeas
My painting inspiration today came from Pam at Everyday Living, a long time blogging friend and a fellow Alabamian Pam and her “Renaissance Man” have the most incredible garden which she often posts about. I am always drooling over her gorgeous blooms and I hope she doesn’t mind that I borrowed a photo … Continue reading
Fearless Friday, Peach Pie
Okay, since it’s been all about peaches this week on the Painted Apron, you probably saw this coming… A peach painting~ Peaches are fascinating to me because if you look closely you can see many different colors in their skins This Waterlogue version of the original photo really emphasizes the … Continue reading
Fearless Friday, Breaking Waves
I posted a tutorial about this painting 2 years ago, long before Fearless Friday was born I have had a very busy end of May, and sadly haven’t touched my paint brushes or pens, but I hope to make up for it in the next few weeks I hope you don’t mind the … Continue reading
Fearless Friday, Impasto
A large abstract floral painting has been on my to do list since last Spring when I was commissioned by a friend to paint Bloom I also wanted to experiment with using gel mediums and decided to incorporate impasto Impasto is a painting technique using very thick amounts of paint resulting in a … Continue reading
Fearless Friday, Deep Blue Sea
This is a whimsical painting I did for the boys room at the beach They are all about fishing! A little tongue in cheek with an image of our boat heading the opposite direction from the fish… I often just squeeze … Continue reading
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