Daily Paintings

Daily Painting #358 – Cocoa
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Oil painting on hardboard
Approximately 6 x 6 inches — 15 x 15 cm
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Daily Painting #273 – Quail Eggs with Yellow Mug
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Oil painting on gessoed matboard
Approximately 6 x 6 inches — 15 x 15 cm
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After these quail eggs were finished posing for the two paintings, I decided to fry instead of boil them, which is how they are usually cooked here in my country. They make the cutest sunny side up eggs!

Daily Painting #252 – Milk and Cookies
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Oil painting on gessoed matboard
Approximately 5.75 x 5.5 inches — 14.5 x 14 cm

I am saving this painting for a second layer. I accidentally applied too much linseed oil on the board before I started painting so the paint became so liquid, it was very difficult to make some areas smooth and even.

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 #221 – Tea and Cookie
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Oil painting on gessoed matboard
Approximately 5.5 x 5.5 inches — 14 x 14 cm

I had a hard time making the colors look accurate on the computer screen. The background is actually much softer and lighter than it appears here.

Daily Painting #218 – My Cup of Tea
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ACEO oil painting on gessoed matboard
Approximately 2.5 x 3.5 inches — 6.5 x 9 cm

I am not much of a tea drinker, but I just recently discovered that tea is especially delicious after eating cookies.

Daily Painting #206 – Teacup with Tangerines
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Oil painting on gessoed matboard
Approximately 5.5 x 7.5 inches — 14 x 19 cm
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I have painted this teacup a few times before, and each time, the design on the cup changes. I haven’t really painted the original design as it appears on the cup, but the one in A Lemon and a Teacup is the closest.

Here are the other paintings featuring this teacup:

Daily Painting #204 – Black Coffee
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Oil painting on gessoed matboard
Approximately 5.5 x 7.5 inches — 14 x 19 cm

Daily Painting #203 – Mango with Black Mug
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Oil painting on gessoed matboard
Approximately 5.5 x 7.5 inches — 14 x 19 cm
US$100 plus US$16 shipping to the US
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I had a late start on this painting and I spent over an hour thinking of what to paint. We had some mangoes around but I couldn’t find a composition for them. So I asked my brother David for help and he set this black mug against the mango.

I am posting two paintings today and both feature this black mug.

By the way, the painting fell face down as I was waiting for it to dry so I had to do a second layer to fix the damaged areas.

Daily Painting #180 – A Teacup
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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’ve mentioned this before: porcelain is, for me, really one of the most difficult subjects to paint. This little teacup was no different.

On another note, I recently completed my portrait assignment for Different Strokes from Different Folks. It feels great to finish another portrait again — and an oil portrait at that! Visit my other blog, Art Studio, to read a little more about the painting. The direct link to the post is: Oil Portrait Painting.

Daily Painting #162 – A Lemon and a Teacup
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Oil painting on gessoed matboard
Approximately 5.5 x 7.5 inches — 14 x 19 cm
Private Collection

In the Cup of Chocolate painting I posted yesterday, I used just three colors plus white: burnt sienna, ultramarine blue, yellow ochre and titanium white. For this painting, I substituted cadmium yellow lemon for the yellow ochre. I like how both turned out. I feel that using a very limited palette gives a painting an overall harmony.

Also, yesterday was the first day that I didn’t finish a painting. I did use my oil paints and worked on a new portrait though. If you’ve been following the Different Strokes from Different Folks blog, the latest challenge is the Year-End Portrait Swap. Ms. Jurick gave all participants photographs of other artists to paint from.

I started mine yesterday and am nearly finished with the underpainting. So far, so good. Below is a peek of what it looks so far.

Daily Painting #161 – It’s Time for a Cup of Chocolate
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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 don’t really drink much of anything except water, but my Mom enjoys a cup of hot chocolate often. And because of that, I am dedicating this painting to her.

On another note — I am a little late to announce this — I am now accepting payments through PayPal. So to those interested, it is now easier and faster to acquire your favorite paintings using PayPal or credit cards accepted through PayPal.

Daily Painting #144 – Orange Juice
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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 another orange painting. I like how the highlights on the glass turned out — it was a lot of fun to do.

Daily Painting #132 – Grape and Teacup
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Oil painting on gessoed matboard
Approximately 5.5 x 5.5 inches — 14 x 14 cm
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Daily Painting #102 – Morning Cup of Chocolate
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ACEO oil painting on gessoed matboard
Approximately 2.5 x 3.5 inches — 6.5 x 9 cm
US$40 plus shipping
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I like how cute and small the mug turned out in ACEO format.

Daily Painting #49 – Coffee and Donuts
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Oil on gessoed matboard
Approximately 5.5 x 5.5 inches — 13.97 x 13.97 cm
US$100 plus shipping
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One last donut painting for now.

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 #28 – Lemon and Mug
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Oil on gessoed matboard
Approximately 5 x 5 inches — 13 x 13 cm

It’s nice to finally be able to find use for this baby mug! It actually has a pattern on the outside, but I left that out in the painting. I’m sure I’ll paint it again in the future and maybe I’ll include the design then to give it more character.

Daily Painting #26 – Tea and Lychee
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Oil on gessoed matboard
Approximately 5 x 7 inches — 13 x 18 cm

I’ve always had a hard time painting porcelain — it seems I always make them too dark and too gray. I had to scrape off my first attempt on the teacups and teapot because my Mom said they looked like steel! Well, more practice should do it. I think subtle shadows are the key.

Daily Painting #21 – Chili Peppers and Teacup
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Oil on gessoed matboard
Approximately 5 x 5 inches — 13 x 13 cm

More of the little chili peppers from yesterday. My Mom and I bought 5 of these just to paint. Although I am not a big fan of chili peppers in my food, I’ve always enjoyed just looking at them. When we had homegrown chili peppers, I used to sketch them quite often.

This is also my first time to try a square format for the daily paintings. All my previous daily paintings had been on 5″ x 7″ board.