Daily Paintings

Daily Painting #345 – Two Eggplants
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Oil painting on hardboard
Approximately 5 x 7 inches — 13 x 18 cm
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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!

Daily Painting #344 – An Apple in Shadow
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Oil painting on hardboard
Approximately 6 x 6 inches — 15 x 15 cm
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Daily Painting #323 – Plate with Table Napkin
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Oil painting on hardboard
Approximately 5 x 5 inches — 13 x 13 cm
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Daily Painting #266 – Plum and Tangerines
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Oil painting on hardboard
Approximately 6 x 6 inches — 15 x 15 cm
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This painting is on gessoed 1/8″ hardboard. It’s my first time to try this support, but I will be using it for most of the future daily paintings.

By the way, here is the bird painting that I was talking about a few days ago. It is an illustrative type of painting which I like very much. I hope you do too.

And here is the direct link to the post on my Art Studio blog: Robin Painting.

Daily Painting #246 – Tea and Tangerine
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Oil painting on gessoed matboard
Approximately 5.5 x 5.5 inches — 14 x 14 cm
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I would like the teacup to look more translucent so I will give this painting a second layer. I am also trying to use my tube of phthalo blue more so I used it on the background here.

Daily Painting #242 – Orange No. 3
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Oil painting on gessoed matboard
Approximately 5.5 x 5.5 inches — 14 x 14 cm
SOLD

Daily Painting #166 – Roses in Blue Vase
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Oil painting on gessoed matboard
Approximately 5.5 x 7.5 inches — 14 x 19 cm
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Here’s something different from the usual detailed and realistic paintings — one in an “impressionistic” style. While I’d call this going outside the comfort zone, I actually did little planning and tried to be very relaxed and free. In reality, the roses and leaves have some texture because of the thicker paint that I used but the scan doesn’t show it very well.

I’m not sure I’ll be doing more of this kind of painting anytime soon, but it is good to try something different once in a while.

Daily Painting #131 – Grapes
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Oil painting on gessoed matboard
Approximately 8 x 3.75 inches — 20 x 9.5 cm
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I have done two paintings of grapes before. Although I love eating grapes, painting them was a different story. Getting the bloom on the grapes to look right was difficult and I also had trouble keeping the paint smooth. Anyway, I tried it once again and this was the result. I am quite pleased with it. It was great fun to do…I can’t imagine why I didn’t paint grapes more often!

Daily Painting #66 – Sewing Buttons
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Oil painting on gessoed matboard
Approximately 5 1/2 x 6 1/8 inches — 14 x 15.6 cm
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I wanted to move away from fruits and vegetables for a while so I did this needle, thread and button painting.

I think I am slowly able to tolerate some brushstrokes showing. It used to be that I’d completely blend away all traces of the brush because if any was showing, it just didn’t feel “finished”.

I love tightly rendered paintings, but I also love those which are brushy. There is a battle within me as I haven’t decided which style to pursue yet. Hopefully, as I continue this painting-a-day journey, I’ll be able to determine which style I am most happy with.

Daily Painting #58 – Black Plum Half
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Oil painting on gessoed matboard
Approximately 5.5 x 5.5 inches — 14 x 14 cm
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Here’s one more plum painting. I couldn’t decide if I should still paint the stripes on the cloth so I just let the brushstrokes show in the background for interest.

Daily Painting #55 – Cucumbers
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Oil painting on gessoed matboard
Approximately 8.25 x 6.375 inches — 21 x 16.2 cm
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Here’s something a little bigger than usual. It is currently one of my favorites. The cucumbers were great fun to paint!

Daily Painting #51 – Granny Smith Apple No. 2
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Oil on gessoed matboard
Approximately 5.5 x 5.5 inches — 13.97 x 13.97 cm
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The overhead angle was difficult.

Daily Painting #43 – Orange with Chinese Teacup
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Oil on gessoed matboard
Approximately 5.5 x 7.5 inches — 14 x 19 cm
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Another one inspired by daily painting #41. So far this is the most painterly that I have done. I kept blending to a minimum, especially in the foreground. I feel that it could have been done better, but I am quite pleased with the result. It was a fun painting and I learned that burnt sienna and yellow ochre is a good combination!

Daily Painting #42 – Citrus
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Oil on gessoed matboard
Approximately 5.5 x 7.5 inches — 14 x 19 cm
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Inspired by daily paintings #41 – Country Breakfast and #27 – Calamansi (the sprig I used here is actually one which I cut from my Mom’s calamansi plant).

When I do my pencil drawings, I add an extra 3/4″ (1.9 cm) margin around the paper to give clients some allowance for framing. When I started doing a painting a day, I borrowed that practice so all of my previous daily paintings also had margins of about 3/4″ (1.9 cm) — a third of which was painted on while the rest was left unpainted.

I noticed, however, that oil paintings by other artists do not have white borders so just to conform to standards, starting with this painting, I won’t be including the usual 3/4″ (1.9 cm) margin. I will still leave about 1/4″ (6 mm) though, but that will be painted on as well.

Daily Painting #41 – Country Breakfast
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Oil on gessoed matboard
Approximately 5.5 x 5.5 inches — 14 x 14 cm

I missed posting a painting yesterday because our computer and internet connection were not working. The computer has been fixed, but the internet connection is still very slow. To make up for yesterday, I’ll try to post two today.

I’ve always wanted to try a loose painting style, and all the while I was working on this, I kept thinking, “loose, loose, loose.” It still turned out pretty controlled, but I’m pleased with it.

I think I am attracted to compositions with cloth in them. Somehow, I feel that they easily transform an ordinary still life into one which tells a story. I liked the effect so much that ideas for new arrangements immediately came into my mind, such as painting #42 (will post that in a little while).

I’m not sure why, but this painting speaks to me of a quiet country kitchen in the early morning (hence the title). Perhaps it is because of the lighting, or maybe the color scheme, or maybe the Bobby Goldsboro songs that I listened to while working on it…

Note: I try to make the images on this blog as accurate as possible, but I could not make the orange here a little less redder without making the apple too yellow. There is also some glare showing, especially on the wood board, making the brushstrokes more obvious than they really are.