Meme of the day–I’ll catch a grenade for you! (Right.)
Rag doll and GI Joe, 8X6″, oil on canvas Sometimes this business of painting catches you by surprise. I was all set for the GI Joe toy to give me fits, but it was the rag doll that was hard to paint—all shades of creamy browns, highlights both warm and cool.
Meme of the day–Back it up!
My new hard drive that just arrived in the mail, 6X8, oil on canvas A note about these still lives: they’re exercises before my “real work”, a sort of a meme-inside-a-meme, considering how popular the painting-a-day movement is. They take an hour, more or less. And I do them because I find the classic still …
Meme of the day–Statement Jewelry (OK, OK, it’s not a meme, it’s a trend.)
Jennifer Jones’ statement jewelry, 8X5″, oil on canvas Still life set up by my student, jewelry designer Jennifer Jones. If you’re interested in seeing her work (which really looks better than my still life) see it here.
Neko-nabe, or fat cat in a dish (with notes about how to draw the ellipse of the dish)
Neko-nabe, or fat cat in a dish, 8X6 oil on canvas An ellipse is a plane curve with two foci which is symmetrical on both the vertical and positive axes, and intersects with these axes perpendicularly. I recently heard a student tell another one, “She means not a racetrack and not a football.” Works for …
Meme of the day–Ginger is so last year, but so’s this purse!
Sandy’s ginger purse, which I found lying on the floor, 6X8, oil on canvas These memes of the day are tiny (6X8) still life paintings, warm-ups for my “real” paintings, and if they take me more than an hour, I get quite grumpy. (Girls, can I send this purse away now, or should it kick …
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