I thought it might be fun to show the reference photo I took for this painting. It seemed daunting when I first thought of painting all those branches, but I just tried to be loose from the beginning and think of shapes and values before thinking of branches, and it all worked out rather well in the end.
I just had to do a little painting of these spectacular plants. The hairy light green plants are my husband’s prized asparagus. When it rains, all the tiny, hairy leaves get loaded down with water droplets and it takes on a real silvery color. And it is just beautiful as it sways gently in the breeze. Also, the sunflower variety we planted this summer was very tall! It sort of surprised us how big it was. Anyway, my husband just loved thee plants in particular, so I thought I would do a little reminder painting.
I had someone come into the Juneau Artists Gallery where I have some of my work. They purchased this little Halibut mini (on the left) and wanted to know if I would paint them a larger one just like it. Of course I did. This was painted from a reference photo I took after one of our fishing trips.
And just for fun, here is a pic of probably my largest Halibut catch!
These are all favorite local scenes. The first one is a fishing spot where we go to fish for trout. This was a beautiful sunny day, but of course they are not all like that, especially here in Juneau. We have to fish in the rain a lot!
This was an amazing spot to paint. It may look a bit awkward, but it couldn’t have been much nice. There were not even any bugs to contend with. For some reason, I just like to paint rocks. And I don’t think that I am alone in this.
It just never gets old to see a batch of these together. There is just something so cool about small things. They fascinate me!
I am back at painting a new batch of miniatures for this season at the Juneau Artists Gallery. I will probably be doing several posts with them coming up. I did not feel that I would be putting time into doing the small ones this year, but once I did one, I was very motivated to continue. I have done about 20 new ones this past couple weeks, and really enjoying them!
Each of these little sweethearts measures 2×2 inches. I especially enjoy painting them on the black background. They just have more pizazz some how. Most of these were done as little Christmas ornaments but I guarantee that the owners don’t put them away after the holidays.
Art with my Coffee 