Mums and Unicorn

 

Mums and Unicorn

8" x 8" Oil on Cotton Panel 

Contemporary Floral

Day #1 Strada Easel Challenge

Here I go again...painting plein air or from life for the month of September.

Here is my set-up in the studio.

And here is sweet Ruthie who picked out the beautiful mums and unicorn baby's breathe.  I had to paint them in the studio for my first day of the challenge!  Thanks for looking at my blog!  Kay

Hot Stuff

Hot Stuff

8" x 8" Oil on RayMar Cotton Panel

Day #30 in 31/Strada Easel Challenge-Painting From Life

John went to the grocery store to buy ingredients for homemade salsa....and I decided to paint them before I got in the kitchen.  My set-up included: colorful placemat, two terra cotta bowls, jalepenos, serranos, habaneros, cilantro, garlic, and onions.  Painted it quickly, and it is very wet.

Thanks for looking....one more painting to go in the paint challenge!  Kay

My Easel

 

My Easel

16" x 8" Oil on RayMar Panel

Painting From Life (No photos, no computer, no imagination)

Day #27 Strada Easel Challenge 2022

I had wanted to go to the lake and paint, but it was too cold for me.  So I stayed inside the studio and painted an interior view of the studio with my big easel as the focal point.  Here's a photo below of the painting sitting at the bottom of my easel, which is holding a painting, a palette, brushes, palette knives and paper towels.  Normally I do not paint interiors, so the subject matter was a challenge for me!

Thanks for looking at my art....Kay

Sunflower

 

Sunflower

6" x 6" Oil on Panel

Contemporary Floral Still Life

Day #22 Strada Easel Challenge/Painting From Life

Here's a pic of my sunflower in the studio.  I used a red background so it would pop!

Thanks for looking at my art...Kay

Apples, Lemons and Blooms

Apples, Lemons and Blooms

Day #20 Strada Easel Challenge/Painting From Life

12" x 12" Oil on RayMar Panel

Floral Still Life

Painting from an arrangement that LHFlowers made up, I was so excited with the variety in colors, texture, and blooms.  I had lots of fun painting this one today.  I think it took me about 3 hours...and I probably need to go back in and make a few adjustments once the paint sits for a couple of day.

Here is the arrangement I worked from:

Thanks for looking at my art, Kay

Hydrangeas on Tangerine

Hydrangeas on Tangerine

Day #2 of the Strada Easel Challenge

12" x 12" Oil on RayMar Panel

Contemporary Still Life

I pulled out my favorite tablecloth that has wonderful tangerine, pink and magenta colors,  and set up a small still life in the studio.  The hydrangeas from Christmas are still amazing, and so full.  This painting is drying....contact Kay for more info.  Thanks for looking, KMW

Red and White

 

Red and White

12" x 12" Oil on RayMar Panel

Contemporary Floral 

Strada Paint Challenge 2022 is on!

Here I go with a painting a day for the month of January.    The first painting of the year is a floral...this arrangement was our Christmas Day centerpiece.  Here's a pic of the set-up that I painted from in the studio.

Thanks for looking at my blog...Kay

See Ya In The Funny Pages

 

See Ya In The Funny Pages

12" x 12" Oil on Panel

Contemporary Still Life

Day #31 of the 31 Day Strada Easel Challenge

Here's my Sunday morning set-up:

Thanks for following me during the month of January!  Kay

Snapdragons!

 

Snapdragons!

8" x 16" Oil on Panel

Contemporary Still Life

Day #30 of the 31-Day Strada Easel Challenge

Here's my set-up:

Thanks for looking!  Kay

Sunflowers

 

Sunflowers

8" x8" Oil on Panel

Contemporary Still Life

Day #28 Strada Easel Challenge 

Thanks for looking at my blog!  KMW

Snapdragons

 

Snapdragons in Vase

16" x 12" Oil on Panel

Strada Easel Challenge #27

Here's my set-up in the studio.

I had been wanting to paint this lovely vase for a long time.

It was alway at my in-law house, sitting on the grand piano.

I might need to put some hi-lights on it, but for the most part it is completed.  It took about 4 hours from start to finish.  Thanks for looking at my blog.  Kay

Pick A Pepper

 

Pick A Pepper

6" x 6" Oil on Panel

Contemporary Still Life

Day #24 Strada Easel Challenge

Here's what I painted!

Thanks for looking at my blog...KMW

Day 21: Piggy Bank

 

Piggy Bank

Strada Easel Challenge Day #21

12" x 12" Oil on Panel

Contemporary Still Life

Thanks for the cute piggy bank, Charlotte Wyne!  

It was a challenge to paint this sweet piggy.

I am 2/3 through the challenge!  Kay

White Rock Lake/Plein Air

White Rock Lake/Plein Air

Palette Knife Painting

Day #20 Strada Easel Challenge

Here's the view.  The painting is not finished, but I ran out of daylight.

Thanks for looking at my blog!  Kay

Day # 19: Hydrangeas and Carnations

 

Hydrangeas and Carnations (Again)

Day #19 Strada Easel Challenge

Contemporary Still Life

12" x 16" Oil on Panel

I decided to paint the arrangement of hydrangeas and carnations again, on a larger format and different perspective.  The vase was a challenge, with all of it's texture and shadows.  Thanks for looking at my blog...a different subject matter for Day #20! Kay

This Little Piggy

 

This Little Piggy

8" x 8" Oil on Panel

Day #17 of the 31 Day Strada Easel Challenge

This cute little piggy bank was a gift to our first grandchild from Reggie Devers...so I borrowed it to paint on Day #17 of the paint challenge.  It was a fun subject matter!

Here's my painting along with the real bank.  Thanks for looking at my blog...Kay

Made In Mexico

 

Made In Mexico

Day #16 of Strada Easel Challenge

12" x 12" Oil on Panel

Contemporary Still Life

Thanks for looking at my blog...I am half way through the 31-day challenge...

Thanks for following me.  Kay

Day 7 of the Paint Challenge

White Roses Still Life

12" x 12" Oil on Panel

Contemporary Still Life

Day 7 of Strada Paint Challenge

Here's my set-up:

White Roses

White Roses

16" x 8" Oil on RayMar Cotton Panel

Palette Knife Painting

Day #8 Strada Easel Challenge

Here's a shot of the white roses (although at this stage of the game, they are anything but white!)

Thanks for looking at my blog.  More painting tomorrow!  Thanks, Kay

Painted Plate

 

Painted Plate

12" x 12" Oil on Panel

Contemporary Still Life

Day #6 Strada Easel Challenge

Here's my set-up:

Thanks for looking at my blog....more painting tomorrow!

Kay