Daily Paintings

Daily Painting #120 – A Teaspoon of Coffee
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ACEO oil painting on gessoed matboard
Approximately 2.5 x 3.5 inches — 6.5 x 9 cm
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Daily Painting #119 – White Marble
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ACEO oil painting on gessoed matboard
Approximately 2.5 x 3.5 inches — 6.5 x 9 cm
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Daily Painting #118 – Grape Leaf No. 2
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ACEO oil painting on gessoed matboard
Approximately 2.5 x 3.5 inches — 6.5 x 9 cm
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Daily Painting #117 – Painting Spatula
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ACEO oil painting on gessoed matboard
Approximately 2.5 x 3.5 inches — 6.5 x 9 cm
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Here is one of my painting friends. I use her most everyday and she’s there to rescue me whenever a painting turns out looking muddy.

Daily Painting #116 – Girl in White Dress
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ACEO oil painting on gessoed matboard
Approximately 2.5 x 3.5 inches — 6.5 x 9 cm
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Daily Painting #115 – Chinese Vase
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ACEO oil painting on gessoed matboard
Approximately 2.5 x 3.5 inches — 6.5 x 9 cm
Not for Sale

Here’s another chinese vase. The best part was “hand painting” the design on the vase. I like how the rim and gold lines turned out. What I don’t like are the uneven sides and the incorrect perspective of the base and rim. Unfortunately, I only noticed the mistakes when I scanned it!

Daily Painting #114 – Daisy in Chinese Vase
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ACEO oil painting on gessoed matboard
Approximately 2.5 x 3.5 inches — 6.5 x 9 cm
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I got a little bit adventurous with the background, but I think it goes well with the chinese vase. This is currently my most favorite among my ACEO paintings.

Daily Painting #113 – Oyster Shell
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ACEO oil painting on gessoed matboard
Approximately 2.5 x 3.5 inches — 6.5 x 9 cm
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Daily Painting #112 – A Dollar
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Oil painting on gessoed matboard
Approximately 4 x 3 inches — 10 x 7.5 cm
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This dollar coin was a lot harder to paint than I thought.

Daily Painting #111 – Green Chili Pepper No. 2
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Oil painting on gessoed matboard
Approximately 4 x 3 inches — 10 x 7.5 cm
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Daily Painting #110 – Green Apple on Doily
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Oil painting on gessoed matboard
Approximately 4 x 3 inches — 10 x 7.5 cm
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I ran out of ACEO cards to paint on so here’s something just a little bit bigger. This painting has a similar composition to yesterday’s Orange with Doily.

Daily Painting #109 – Orange with Doily
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Approximately 2.5 x 3.5 inches — 6.5 x 9 cm
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Daily Painting #108 – Pigeon Orchid
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Approximately 2.5 x 3.5 inches — 6.5 x 9 cm
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Here is the pigeon orchid (dendrobium crumenatum) in bloom. I like these delicate white flowers. They began to wilt even as I was painting them though.

Daily Painting #107 – Red Onion and Worcestershire Sauce
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Approximately 2.5 x 3.5 inches — 6.5 x 9 cm
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Daily Painting #106 – Pigeon Orchid Bud
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Approximately 2.5 x 3.5 inches — 6.5 x 9 cm
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This is the first time I’m painting the Pigeon Orchid (dendrobium crumenatum). Our little plant has actually bloomed before, but I wasn’t quick enough to paint the flowers then. My Mom and I were new to the Pigeon Orchid and we were more accustomed to longer blooming orchids. I was very surprised when these wilted after only a few hours! I made sure to catch the blooms (and bud) this time though.

Daily Painting #105 – Garlic
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ACEO oil painting on gessoed matboard
Approximately 2.5 x 3.5 inches — 6.5 x 9 cm
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Garlic is definitely one of my most favorite subjects to paint, and my most favorite part to do in a garlic painting is putting on the thin white tips of the cloves.

Daily Painting #104 – Dove Head Study
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ACEO oil painting on gessoed matboard
Approximately 2.5 x 3.5 inches — 6.5 x 9 cm
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Daily Painting #103 – Dancing Lady Series: Oncidium Orchids No. 4
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ACEO oil painting on gessoed matboard
Approximately 2.5 x 3.5 inches — 6.5 x 9 cm
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I may add some more to this in the future, but for now, here is the last painting in the Dancing Lady series.

I’ve joined all four of the ACEO oncidium orchids into one image along with some very simple titles. When I have time, one of my favorite hobbies is to create artistic designs on the computer. I like to combine text, images and interesting patterns to try and create a visually appealing design. It’s a fun way to express creativity!

Daily Painting #102 – Morning Cup of Chocolate
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Approximately 2.5 x 3.5 inches — 6.5 x 9 cm
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I like how cute and small the mug turned out in ACEO format.

Daily Painting #101 – Orange Wedge
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Approximately 2.5 x 3.5 inches — 6.5 x 9 cm
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Daily Painting #100 – 100
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Oil painting on gessoed matboard
Approximately 5.5 x 7.5 inches — 14 x 19 cm
US$100 plus shipping
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Well, here’s my 100th daily painting! I wanted to paint something special so this is bigger than the ACEOs I have been posting lately. I also searched quite a bit for that special subject and/or composition. At first, I thought I’d do another avocado like the first daily painting, but since I couldn’t get any avocados, I settled on oranges. I chose this composition because I think it represents “100″ perfectly without being too obvious.

I’m dedicating this painting to my Mom, who encouraged me to do the daily paintings in the first place, and who’s been very supportive.

It’s been a good 100 days and I’ve learned so much about oil painting. I’ve been able to paint ordinary things which I never thought would have potential in a painting before. It’s truly a wonderful experience to slow down and examine details and all the beautiful things that God has created for us. Everything is beautiful!

There is still so much to learn, and my plan is to keep this up for at least a year. But we’ll see where it goes. One thing’s for sure though — I’m looking forward to the next 100! I hope you are too!

Thank you to friends and subscribers who left comments and gave their support! Also, many thanks to other daily painters, especially to Michael Naples and Painting-a-Day pioneer Duane Keiser, for the inspiration.

Daily Painting #99 – Dancing Lady Series: Oncidium Orchids No. 3
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ACEO oil painting on gessoed matboard
Approximately 2.5 x 3.5 inches — 6.5 x 9 cm
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Here’s the third oncidium in the Dancing Lady ACEO series.

Daily Painting #98 – Red Apple
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Approximately 2.5 x 3.5 inches — 6.5 x 9 cm
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I took a break from the Dancing Lady ACEO orchid series to paint this apple. For me, the overhead view of an apple is one of the most difficult to paint right, but somehow, I always end up liking the finished painting.

Daily Painting #97 – Dancing Lady Series: Oncidium Orchids No. 2
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Approximately 2.5 x 3.5 inches — 6.5 x 9 cm
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Here’s the second orchid in the “Dancing Lady” series. I have two more of these coming up.

Daily Painting #96 – Dancing Lady Series: Oncidium Orchids No. 1
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ACEO Oil painting on gessoed matboard
Approximately 2.5 x 3.5 inches — 6.5 x 9 cm
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Here is the first in a series of ACEO oncidium orchids.

To my e-mail subscribers: I have been having some problems with the mailing list as sometimes links do not work and some images do not show up. I’m not sure if you’re experiencing the same problems, but I am working hard to get a new mailing list program up and running. It may take a little time, so I hope you will bear with me. Until then, should you come across those broken links and disappearing images, just click on my blog URL at the end of each e-mail or copy it to your address bar. The latest post will always be on top. I’m so sorry for the inconvenience!