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Black Plum Half No. 2

Saturday, January 21st, 2012

Black Plum Half Painting with Water - No. 2

Black Plum Half No. 2
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Oil painting on hardboard
Approximately 6 x 6 inches (15 x 15 cm)
US$100 — free shipping worldwide
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Catching up on a few things that happened during the last three weeks…

A week or so ago, Judy Felker featured some of my work on her blog Creative Wonder. Stop by for a visit and check out the other artists she’s featured. I’ve “discovered” a number of new favorites myself.

Also about a week ago, Michel Oosterhout invited me to submit my Apple Half painting below to his An Apple a Day project. Check it out!

Apple Half Painting - Realistic

And about two weeks or so ago, I received in the mail this beautiful pencil drawing from one of the sweetest and kindest persons I know. Sherry is a fabulous artist and I hope you will take time to visit her blog. Lately, she has also begun posting photos of her drawings in progress so you can see how she creates her realistic, and often very intricate, drawings.

Sunlit Rose - Pencil Drawing by Sherry

“Sunlit Rose”, pencil drawing by Sherry

Thank you, Judy, Michel and Sherry!

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Old Boots

Sunday, January 8th, 2012

Old Boots with Butterfly Painting

Old Boots
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Oil painting on hardboard
Approximately 8 x 8 inches (20 x 20 cm)
US$200 — free shipping worldwide
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Here’s something a little different and slightly larger than my usual size. This painting of a pair of old boots and a butterfly was requested by a friend. The leather was the most fun to paint and the shoelaces were the most difficult! I really love how it turned out though. It took about 3 layers to complete but was definitely worth it.

Many thanks to jdurham for letting me use her photo as reference for this painting!

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Orchid Sketch No. 2: Oncidium

Monday, February 7th, 2011

Orchid Sketch No. 2 - Oncidium Pencil Drawing

Orchid Sketch No. 2: Oncidium
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Graphite pencil drawing on Canson CA Grain paper
Approximately 4 x 4 inches — 10 x 10 cm
US$45 — free shipping to the US
For inquiries, e-mail me at: faithpencilartist@gmail.com


Here’s a companion piece to the orchid drawing I previously posted.

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Orchid Sketch No. 1: Dendrobium

Saturday, February 5th, 2011

Orchid Sketch No. 1 - Dendrobium Pencil Drawing

Orchid Sketch No. 1: Dendrobium
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Graphite pencil drawing on Canson CA Grain paper
Approximately 4 x 4 inches — 10 x 10 cm
US$45 — free shipping to the US
For inquiries, e-mail me at: faithpencilartist@gmail.com


Here’s something a little different. I did this small drawing several years ago, back when pencil was the only medium I use.

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Looking Back: Orange Slices and Etsy

Friday, January 28th, 2011

Orange Slices Oil Painting

Daily Painting #301 – Orange Slices
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Oil painting on hardboard
Approximately 8 x 6 inches — 20 x 15 cm
US$100 — free shipping worldwide
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I have been looking back on the first 365 daily paintings and digging out a few of my favorites. Here’s another one.

Also, I started showing my work on Etsy a while back. If you haven’t heard of Etsy, it’s an online store where you can buy and sell handmade and vintage items. You may check out the paintings I have in my Etsy shop here: faithteart.etsy.com. Thank you for looking!

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Bloomers

Monday, January 24th, 2011

Bloomers - Plum, Grapes and Leaf Painting

Bloomers
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Oil painting on hardboard
Approximately 7 x 5 inches — 18 x 13 cm

I can’t decide if this is a silly title for this painting, but I wanted to use something other than “Plum and Grapes”. My favorite part is the bluish bloom on the fruits, hence the title.

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Looking Back: Tangerine Duo

Wednesday, January 19th, 2011

Tangerine Wedge Oil Painting - 1 Tangerine Wedge Daily Painting - 2

Daily Paintings #260 and #261 – Tangerine Wedge No. 1 and No. 2
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Oil painting on gessoed matboard
Approximately 6 x 6 inches — 15 x 15 cm
For inquiries, e-mail me at: faithpencilartist@gmail.com

Here are two more of my most favorite daily paintings from the past. I couldn’t help making the first of these tangerine wedges a companion piece because I loved the background color so much.

Doing the “dailies” gave me opportunity to paint subjects I would never have tried otherwise. Some were easy, some a lot of fun and some were challenging. One that I would categorize in all three are water puddles: easy because they are basically just shadow color with highlights; challenging when reflections come into play, but either way, fun to paint!

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Phalaenopsis Orchid

Sunday, January 16th, 2011

Phalaenopsis Orchid Painting - Light Violet

Phalaenopsis Orchid
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Oil painting on hardboard
Approximately 7 x 5 inches — 18 x 13 cm
US$100 — free shipping worldwide
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For inquiries, e-mail me at: faithpencilartist@gmail.com


Phalaenopsis orchids are some of my most favorite flowers. I find them very elegant and great painting subjects. I really like this light violet/pink variety against the gray green background.

On another note, my good friend Sherry recently started a new blog. She is doing a weekly challenge where you can join her paint or draw from a single reference photo. Sherry is a kind and wonderful lady and a great artist! Be sure to stop by her blog and join in: http://artistsherry.blogspot.com/

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Avocado Halves – One Year of Daily Painting Completed!

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010

Avocado Halves - 365 Daily Paintings

Daily Painting #365 – Avocado Halves
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Oil painting on hardboard
Approximately 6 x 8 inches — 15 x 20 cm
US$100 — free shipping worldwide
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Yay! Here it is! The 365th daily painting! I have to mention that I actually completed this painting quite a while ago but only managed to post it today as there were some rough roads during the latter part of this journey. Blogging about the paintings consistently once per day was easy enough at the start but personal issues came in during the last several months which stretched out the postings. If some of you waited regularly for the paintings, I apologize for this.

The good news though is that I did manage to complete all 365 small paintings in 365 days, with the exception of one day when I worked on this bigger non-daily painting instead:

Oil Portrait Painting by Faith Te

I made up for that when I painted these two chilis in one day though:

Red Chili Pepper - Oil Painting Green Chili Pepper - Oil Painting

I am really excited to be able to show all of you this milestone (for me). I can’t say how grateful I am to everyone who purchased my paintings — thank you so much for your support! And not least, I am also thankful to those of you who took the time to comment and patiently shared this journey with me. For those who commented during the past several months, I have not been able to reply to most of you personally but I want you all to know just how much I appreciate your words of encouragement. Here’s a virtual hug to everyone!

Just for fun, here is the 365th side by side with the very first daily painting I did:

Avocado Half - 365 Daily Painting Challenge Completed Avocado Halves - 365 Daily Paintings

Here is a picture showing the painting on the easel where I did virtually all of the “dailies”:

Avocado Halves Painting on Wooden Easel

And last, here are those avocados one more time. Behind me you can see a preview of what’s coming up on this blog:

Faith with Avocado Halves in Studio

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Lemon on Wood

Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010

Lemon on Wood - Dramatic Oil Painting

Daily Painting #361 – Lemon on Wood
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Oil painting on hardboard
Approximately 5 x 7 inches — 13 x 18 cm

I’m not sure why but I had a very difficult time trying to get the colors to match the original painting and some parts are still a bit off. This is now #361 — getting really close to the “finish line”!

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Okra

Friday, October 29th, 2010

Okra Painting - Vegetable Art

Daily Painting #360 – Okra
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Oil painting on hardboard
Approximately 6 x 6 inches — 15 x 15 cm
US$100 — free shipping worldwide
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Only 5 more to post to complete the first 365 of daily paintings! Here’s a new subject — okra. I have considered painting them for quite some time now, but I never got around to it because I couldn’t find a composition I wanted to paint.

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Wooden Posts

Friday, October 15th, 2010

Wooden Posts - Landscape Painting - Oil

Daily Painting #357 – Wooden Posts
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Oil painting on hardboard
Approximately 6 x 6 inches — 15 x 15 cm
US$100 — free shipping worldwide
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Pretzel

Tuesday, October 5th, 2010

Pretzel Oil Painting

Daily Painting #355 – Pretzel
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Oil painting on hardboard
Approximately 5 x 5 inches — 13 x 13 cm
US$80 — free shipping worldwide
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For inquiries, e-mail me at: faithpencilartist@gmail.com


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Red Tomato

Monday, September 27th, 2010

Red Tomato Oil Painting

Daily Painting #353 – Red Tomato
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Oil painting on hardboard
Approximately 6 x 6 inches — 15 x 15 cm
US$100 — free shipping worldwide
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For inquiries, e-mail me at: faith@artisticrealism.com


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Garlic Sprouts

Friday, September 24th, 2010

Garlic Sprouts Oil Painting

Daily Painting #352 – Garlic Sprouts
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Oil painting on hardboard
Approximately 6 x 6 inches — 15 x 15 cm
US$100 — free shipping worldwide
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For inquiries, e-mail me at: faith@artisticrealism.com


Playing a little with “glowing edges” around those green sprouts. This is something I would like to incorporate more into my work. I think it adds a lot of drama to a painting.

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Digestive

Sunday, September 19th, 2010

Digestive Cookie Painting - Oil

Daily Painting #351 – Digestive
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Oil painting on hardboard
Approximately 6 x 6 inches — 15 x 15 cm
US$100 — free shipping worldwide
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For inquiries, e-mail me at: faith@artisticrealism.com


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Lemon Wheel No. 2

Friday, September 17th, 2010

Lemon Wheel Oil Painting - No. 2

Daily Painting #350 – Lemon Wheel No. 2
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Oil painting on hardboard
Approximately 6 x 6 inches — 15 x 15 cm
US$100 — free shipping worldwide
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For inquiries, e-mail me at: faith@artisticrealism.com


This lemon wheel completes the series of three citrus slices that I did some time ago. The other two were an orange wheel and a lime wheel. I included an image below to show all three side by side.

Orange, Lime and Lemon Citrus Slices - Oil Paintings

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Tomato Wedge on Wood

Monday, September 13th, 2010

Tomato Wedge on Wood - Oil Painting

Daily Painting #349 – Tomato Wedge on Wood
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Oil painting on hardboard
Approximately 6 x 6 inches — 15 x 15 cm
US$100 — free shipping worldwide
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For inquiries, e-mail me at: faith@artisticrealism.com


One more slice of tomato.

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Daydreams

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

Daydreams - Oil Painting Portrait

Daily Painting #346 – Daydreams
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Oil painting on hardboard
Approximately 5 x 6.5 inches — 13 x 17 cm
US$100 — free shipping worldwide
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For inquiries, e-mail me at: faith@artisticrealism.com


Of all the subjects I have painted during the course of this daily painting journey, my most favorite are still portraits of people. It’s funny though how very seldom I paint them. I am always challenging myself to make the skin color and texture more realistic, more lifelike.

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Two Eggplants

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

Two Eggplants - Small Painting

Daily Painting #345 – Two Eggplants
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Oil painting on hardboard
Approximately 5 x 7 inches — 13 x 18 cm
US$100 — free shipping worldwide
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I used the same green cloth as the one in the previous apple painting because I loved its silky texture and the fringe edge. So fun to paint!

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Glazed Donut

Sunday, August 22nd, 2010

Glazed Donut Oil Painting

Daily Painting #341 – Glazed Donut
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Oil painting on hardboard
Approximately 6 x 6 inches — 15 x 15 cm
US$100 — free shipping worldwide
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For inquiries, e-mail me at: faith@artisticrealism.com


My fellow members at Daily Painter Originals, Kelley MacDonald and Susan Roden, are having a donut exchange over at their blogs (more popularly known as the “Donut War”). They have been throwing donuts (paintings, of course) of all brands, shapes and colors — sugar-coated, frosted, jelly-filled, chocolate. Current status of the Donut war is a truce so, I think, this is as good a time as any to show my neutral, plain glazed donut.

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Cadmium Yellow Lemon

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

Cadmium Yellow Lemon - Lefranc Oil Paint Tube

Daily Painting #340 – Cadmium Yellow Lemon
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Oil painting on hardboard
Approximately 5 x 7 inches — 13 x 18 cm
US$100 — free shipping worldwide
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For inquiries, e-mail me at: faith@artisticrealism.com


I once painted my (then) almost empty blue paint tube. I enjoyed it so much so I decided to do another one, this time the near empty yellow tube. There’s something about painting the tools that I use every day to create these little “dailies”. It’s almost like spending quality time with your best friend.

Detail:
Cadmium Yellow Lemon Oil Paint Tube - Detail

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Peeled Red Onion

Sunday, August 8th, 2010

Peeled Red Onion Painting in Oils

Daily Painting #338 – Peeled Red Onion
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Oil painting on hardboard
Approximately 5 x 5 inches — 13 x 13 cm

One of my favorite subjects to paint — onions! I’ve always loved the challenge of making them look more translucent.

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Cantaloupe

Sunday, July 25th, 2010

Cantaloupe Painting in Oils - Small Art

Daily Painting #335 – Cantaloupe
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Oil painting on hardboard
Approximately 6 x 6 inches — 15 x 15 cm
US$100 — free shipping worldwide
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For inquiries, e-mail me at: faith@artisticrealism.com


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Grapes on a Shelf

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

Grapes on a Shelf - Small Original Paintings

Daily Painting #334 – Grapes on a Shelf
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Oil painting on hardboard
Approximately 6 x 6 inches — 15 x 15 cm
US$100 — free shipping worldwide
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For inquiries, e-mail me at: faith@artisticrealism.com


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