Practice Ivy #2

"Practice Ivy #2", Acrylic on Panel, 7x5"

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I haven't been painting as much as I wanted this week (sick kid & then a trip to Dallas), but I hope to get back on track next week.  Here's another practice ivy to end the week.  I like the detail of the veins on the leaves.

Practice Ivy #1

"Practice Ivy #1", Acrylic on Panel, 5x7"

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My sister commissioned me to do a multi-panel ivy painting for her newly renovated office.  I thought I'd warm up by doing some studies of ivy to see what works.  Here is the first.

I like the pop of the ivy against the dark on the left side.  I think for the final I'll play around w/scale a bit (close ups of individual leaves) and/or show ivy against different surfaces (wood, brick, etc.).

Squirrel

"Squirrel", Acrylic on Panel, 7x5"

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It has seemed to me for a while that the squirrels in the neighborhood (in the whole city, really), are getting braver.  They don't run away, but sit right where they are until you're almost walking on them.  They also seem more numerous, but maybe that's just because I've been noticing them.

I saw a cat stalking one of these brave squirrels in a vacant lot the other morning and the squirrel just sat there - apparently trying to stare the cat down.  It ended up jumping to a tree and escaping.  I was a bit disappointed.

Subject matter aside, I'm happy with how this one turned out.  There's a great sense of sunlight on the fur.

Sit

"Sit", Acrylic on Panel, 7x5"

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Here's yet another of Stuart to end the week.  I like the extreme foreshortening of the body, but wish I'd done something more interesting with the ground.  Oh well, at least I managed to get a painting done each day this week.  I managed to finish a big one too.  I'm sooo glad to be back in the studio after the long break.

I wish I had a more consistent body of daily paintings.  I seem to jump from subject to subject at random.  I admire the other painters on the Daily Paintworks site who seem to have a subject that they are passionate about.

Arbor

"Arbor", Acrylic on Panel, 5x7"

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Here's another view from my neighborhood.  I love the quirky/picturesque things I see while walking my dog in the mornings.

Musician

"Musician", Acrylic on Panel, 6x6"

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I can't seem to stop taking pictures of random people I see on the street.  It started with the homeless who were panhandling w/signs and has expanded to include anyone interesting I see.  This guy was sitting outside of Walgreen's on a very hot day.

Smile

"Smile", Acrylic on Panel, 7x5"

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The vacations are over, the kids are back in school and I'm back to painting - hooray!  Here's a picture of my happy dog to start off the week.  It's nice to do something purely fun as a counterpoint to my more 'serious' big paintings.