The days are getting shorter

Shoe Size 10 & 6

Big-Bottomed Bees Series 4 x 4 inches, Oil on Board

Another Big Bottomed Bee painting. This one features the difference in shoe sizes with women. I'm a size 8. When I was a young adult, I thought my feet were big, so I squeezed them into size 7 shoes. I don't do that anymore!

I've have over the years been surprised and relieved to find out that a lot of ladies are size 9 or higher.

So I don't feel as bad about my feet, unless I compare them to my mom's or my adult daughter's little feet!

Its easy to see that summer is winding down. The nights are cooler and I'm loosing natural light in my studio earlier in the day. Part of me is looking forward to fall and then the holiday season, after which I'm really ready to become a hibernating bear.

But part of me is a bit melancholy. Maybe I'll feel better when the leaves change.

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Cardinal Conclave

ACEO, 2.5 x 3.5 inches Watercolor, $ 18. Buy with Paypal As of this posting the Roman Catholic Cardinals are still in conclave to discover the next pope. I'm not Roman Catholic but I do have a wonderment about the this process because it's so entwined in mystery. This little watercolor Cardinal was at my bird feeder where he grabbed a sunflower seed and quickly flew to a tree limb to perch and enjoy. After which he waits his turn to return.

Little Dee, No.1

Little Dee, No. 1 - Oil on Canvas, 2 x 2 inches with Easel $20. Buy with Paypal This is an experiment to force myself to say more with less. Painting with less brushwork because I have to! Also, I don't paint on canvas, so I have to get use to that. But I am having fun.

Piglet Oil Painting, "Hay Maze" by Brande Arno

The finished "Hay Maze" Piglet Art I truly love how this piece came out. I've been amazed at the pure color and beautiful brushwork of Angela Moulton's paintings. Every time I see her latest collection on YouTube, I am awestruck at how pure the background color is. So I wanted to try my hand at upping background color value in my work. Below is how I started: Hay Maze Start Here, I establish the main layout and gesture of this piglet's face. I'm striving for something that looks painterly, yet would bring a smile to the face of the viewer, so this stage is important. Also, color values on the pig are being set. Hay Maze about halfway This is where I put that rich background color in. Notice some neutral colors in with the bright. I wouldn't want all bright green here as it would be like all caps when texting. I'll re-post the final Hay Maze below: Lots of changes from the halfway point, ...

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