TANGERINE

                                                              6X6 oil on panel

I love painting with these two colors....makes me happy.  I am now sing Michael Harding's paints and I absolutely LOVE them! In fact, I will be ordering more colors this morning.  luckily, I can now get them at Jerry's Artarama online!

I am (trying) painting 30 in 30 days! This is day 6 of 30 and today is the 16th.  I have to paint when my great granddaughter (now 4 months old) sleeps.  Maybe I will be painting 30 in 60 days!  LOL  The main thing is that I am painting when I can!

GINGER LILIES

I had one plant ...then four.....then 12...!  I have given them to friends and I have used the ginger root...but how much ginger can you use??? The flowers are very fragrant and lovely. I have to move mine to another spot this week as they are beginning to emerge with tiny green shoots.  They seem to outgrow each spot I plant them in ......I really will have to search this time. 

SPRINGTIME BUNNY

I had a friend whose bunny use to sit in her flowers all the time! he was an inside pet, so I suppose he was missing the outside! He did not eat the flowers, luckily.

STAR MAGNOLIA BLOSSOM by Dottie Martz

My Star Magnolia tree is really quite a sight when it is blooming.  Doesn't look like a magnolia other than it is white?
the blossoms are fun to paint every year. 

RATATOUILLE FIXING'S

  Finally done, I think..  I am ready to cook anyway.  I have been painting a wall mural up in Yorktown for the past 5 days and then coming home (1 hour drive) and painting on this piece.  Then I collapse.  I plan to get into a hot tub tonight and soak my poor knees.

day 2 - RATATOUILLE FIXING'S, 9X12

Got a lot further this time....will lighten the upper left when I return to the easel.

the final stage will eventually have red and white tablecloth.  That will perk everything up!

SUNNY FEELINGS by Dottie Martz, dottiefromvirginia

                           Original oi on 8x10 panel       http://dottiemartz.com

I think I will darken the lower left....the light spot draws your eye and it should not do that.  Funny, I look at these BEFORE I post, but, I always see something after it is on the screen and out there for everyone to see! back to the easel....

JEFFERSON'S LILY

I bought the seeds at Monticello many years ago and it has been SO prolific.  Must be native to this area (Virginia).  I save the seed each year and all my friends have them.  I have looked in many books and cannot find the correct name..so I call them Jefferson's Lilies!  They are  along my front walkway and everyone comments on them as they walk up to my front door.  A grat plant to have and enjoy.

A HINT OF SPRING

8x10 oil on Italian Linen Panel.  When I saw these Forsythisas starting to bloom...I was overjoyed.  I quickly selected some and rushed into the studio and started painting.  Cannot get much fresher than that!  They were forcasting snow, but, we did not get any, luckily.

day 1 "HINT OF SPRING" 8X10 OIL

 

1. I spotted these tiny forsythias  beginning to bloom in my yard and it called to me to paint this little "hint" of spring.  Spring really is coming.  Then what does the weather do...it snows!  Just a few flurries, but, it is snow.  Oh well, I will look at my flowers and know that they will all burst into bloom.  I have a large bush down by the street and it is magnificent when in bloom.

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SOUTHERN KITCHN BASICS

While cooking Ratatouille the other day ( and showing day 1 of a painting of the "fixin's")...I realized that I use these all the time:  onions, garlic and green peppers..(we call them  bell peppers).   I could not cook with out them.  Being a true southerner (from Mississippi) they are my basic-basic ingredients!

Day 1 of RATATOUILLE FIXIN'S

I saw an eggplant in the grocery and thought..oh, i"ll make some ratatouille.  I had a zucchini at home plus everything else, so I was good to go.  While laying everything out on the counter....I saw a painting set-up!  I see I forgot the Canola Oil bottle....I will add that. It is always a project in progress. LOL

A SOUTHERN MAGNOLIA

Painted on 11x14 Italian Linen Panel.  Of course, if you have read any of my blog postings you know how I love painting magnolias.  This inspiration came from my bedroom wall.  I have this crooked willow branch that is 6' long with magnolia on each end.  It is above my bedroom mirrored closet doors.  I have looked at it for the last 20 years and one morning, I said..I will paint that!

Day 2 Magnolia

I am almost there.  I cannot decide if I want "suggested small flowers" in the background..or not.  The inspiration came from the decoration above my bedroom closet doors.  The creator used crooked willow with the magnolias and filler flowers.

DAY 1 OF NEW MAGNOLIA PAINTING

Original oil on 11x14 Italian Linen Panel.  I can't wait to finish this....I love painting magnolias. This one is hanging over my mirrored closet doors  in my bedroom.  It is part of a 6' grouping on crooked willow.

HENRY

This was a custom paint project on a denim tote for a dear friend.  She wanted HENRY painted on her tote so she could have him with her always.  She cried when she saw this...I never know if that is good or bad...but, she loved it.  Painted on denim.  I love painting animals...I have many commissions like this....yours could be next!

PINK CAMELLIAS, by Dottie Martz, dottiefromvirginia

This was a re-work of an earlier painting.  I had to lighten  the foreground in the sun spots.  Sometimes you have to look at a painting for a long time before you decide to "fix" something!

WHITE VASE WITH YELLOW TULIPS

original oil on 9x12 Italian Archival Linen Panel.  I love painting tulips.  I usually paint them in one of my many Delft bowls, but, this little white vase was a new "find" and I had to use that.  The tablecloth was made by my Grandmother.

day 2 of THE WHITE VASE AND YELLOW TULIPS

• You can see the difference in day one and day two....I am not sure where it will end...but, I do have more to paint.  I see a purple halo to the left of the vase...that wiLl disappear!

A PEAR-FECT DAY

I love painting fruit...it is so rewarding and fast.  This is painted on a 6x6 panel.(and I get to eat the fruit afterwards! )
I guess the easy feeling comes  from all those years of decorative painting.  We painted tons of fruit.  I will always prefer oils, though.