January 2016 Daily Paintings #2 - Red Bell

January 2016 Daily Paintings #2

Red Bell

Miniature size, oil colors

#23 A Bell from Venice

"A Bell from Venice"

More bells :) This is a painting from earlier this year. I bought this bell from the Cathedral di San Marco in Venice.

10 x 15 cm, oil on canvas paper

#20 Bell

"Bell"

Cad Yellow Deep Oil Tube

"Cad Yellow Deep Oil Tube"

This little daily painting is painted on a gessoed paper. It is my Michael Harding Cad Yellow Deep oil tube which I brought from a plein air painting trip to Italy, Rome, where I can find good quality paints and art stores. Earlier this year I participated a daily painting challenge and wanted to try to paint quickly different things and materials with oils. The photo is taken late at night so the lightning isn't the best possible.

# 18 Apple Tree

"Apple Tree"

22x27 cm, oil on canvas

I painted this apple tree study from our kitchen window last winter. She is sleeping thru the winter with snow on the branches.

#17 Lion at Santa Croce

"Lion at Santa Croce"

12x15 cm, oil on canvas paper

This is a small grisalle painting of a lion standing at the Piazza Santa Croce, Florence, Italy guarding the statue of Dante.

Sea shell and Canada Balsam (sold)

"Sea shell and Canada Balsam"

(not available)

One of my earlier daily painting from this June. Painting is painted on a canvas paper and it represents a sea shell and my Canada Balsam medium bottle wrapped around the folio. I needed a quick theme for the daily painting. I was doing a 30 paintings challenge back in June.

Framed:

#12 Portrait of an Old Doctor

"Portrait of an Old Doctor"

15x22 cm, oil on wood

This is a small grisalle oil painting after the Old Master Painter Eakins.Just a small practice in a process of learning portraits.

# 11 Strawberries and silver

"Strawberries and silver"

20x30 cm, oil on wood

This summer I was inspired to paint strawberries. I did several strawberry paintings and this one has a silver creamer. Love painting still lifes!

The wood board is a bit thicker that I use for the very small paintings.

#10 Oysters

 “Oysters”

22×15 cm, oil on wood

Oysters were favorite still life subjects for the Old Master Painters. I found some Master Still Life photos from the Dutch Painters and did a small painting sketch of oysters as they were done back in old days.

Copper Coffeepot (sold)

“Copper Coffeepot”

19×19 cm, oil on linen (sold)

#4 Giardino di Corsini

“Giardino di Corsini”, Maremma, Italy

25×35 cm, oil on wood

 

#2 Blueberries & Silver

“Blueberries & Silver”

22×15 cm (about 8.5×6 in), oil on wood,