Orange Pepper (#7)

Orange Pepper (5"x5" oil on panel) (#7) 

I began today by viewing Carol Marine's video of her painting a bell pepper (which I have watched numerous times) . . . her drawing is done with correct placement of lines to create proper proportion and volume with an economy of brush marks . . . next, she puts down clear, concise strokes of clean color, each stroke of color stays where initially laid down . . . so, I'm thinking 'that's easy enough,' now, let me try . . . ha! ha! ha! . . . so much harder than it looks . . . obviously her skill has been won over many years of direct painting . . . I, on the other hand, have a long way to go to be able to mix paint to the correct color and value and to be able to lay down paint with one stroke, without blending . . . but, still trying  . . . 

Thank you for viewing my art.

© Orange Pepper by Marjorie Jordan

Navel Orange (#3)

Navel Orange (#3) ( 5"x5"oil on panel)

I am really enjoying looking at Carol Marine's and Cathleen Rehfeld's daily painting blogs . . . love how (seemingly) effortlessly they define still life objects with dynamic, loose strokes and saturated colors . . . that's what I'm working to learn . . . was fairly happy with the colors today . . . but can't seem to stop my hand from wanting to blend . . .

Thank you for viewing my art.

© Navel Orange by Marjorie Jordan

Daisy (#1)

Daisy (#1) (5"x5"oil on panel)

Trying to get the looseness and correctness of strokes  . . . a little better than yesterday . . . but a long way to go . . . working with backgrounds . . . the blue needs to be darker . . .

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© Daisy by Marjorie Jordan