Wedged

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#026

This is the first time I've actually posted 2 paintings in one day.... I'm just having so much fun with these mandarin bits that I can't help myself!  This time, I chopped them into wedges, tried to paint quickly, and then had fun with my small rubber chisel brush (removing thin squiggly lines of paint back down to the white gessoed surface).

On to different subject matter.... I've started eating these, and am putting some in my tea right now! 

Hope your day is fun and fulfilling!

One Last Mandarin

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#025

Yesterday I just couldn't figure out what I felt like painting.... so I ended up not painting anything! UGH.

This morning, however, I was ready to go! I painted this first thing, and am ready to paint another! Thank goodness I found this one last mandarin orange hiding in the lower drawer of the crisper! :)

PLU #4419

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#012

Another pear painting.  This one was actually painted the same day as my last two pear paintings (#009 and #010).  Once I buy fresh fruit, I tend to stick with it until it turns brown... or its gone because I ate it! 

For some reason, when I paint several small paintings in one day, I seem to paint tighter and tighter with each one..... and maybe even with a more muted, less brilliant palette.   If anybody has any theories about that, I'd love to hear them!    Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

Mandarin

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#003

This is about all I wanted to eat after enjoying Thanksgiving and black Friday a little too much.  Well, this and some of the leftover wassail.

I thought this painting turned out ok.  I like that it seems to be looser than normal, but think I could have zoomed in a bit more with my composition.... maybe because this is the first painting I've tried on an 8x8 canvas board. Hoping to find some 6x6 canvases soon.  I think I'll really like using that size for my daily paintings.