Daily Paintings

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
US$40 plus shipping
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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 #108 – Pigeon Orchid
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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 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 #106 – Pigeon Orchid Bud
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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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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 #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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ACEO oil painting on gessoed matboard
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 #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 #97 – Dancing Lady Series: Oncidium Orchids 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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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!

Daily Painting #95 – Orange Bird of Paradise
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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 had some time to do a larger painting in between the ACEOs. I liked working on this bird of paradise — it seemed to paint itself! I also like how the black background makes the orange more striking.

Daily Painting #93 – Burst of Red
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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’m nearing my 100th post on this blog. I’m quite pleased to say that there hasn’t been a day since I joined in the painting-a-day challenge when I haven’t finished at least one oil painting…yet.

Why am I saying this? Well, I have recently been working on some commissions and I wanted to devote as much time as possible to them. Rather than temporarily stopping the daily paintings (and breaking my streak!), I decided to create tiny, ACEO oil paintings. So for the next few weeks, you will be seeing more of these little paintings. I hope you like them!

What is “ACEO”?
ACEO stands for “Art Cards, Editions and Originals”. These are small artworks measuring 2.5 x 3.5 inches. Because of their small size, artists are able to offer a more affordable way for people to collect their artworks.

Subjects can be anything from pets to flowers, and styles range from the highly detailed to the abstract. Artists also use a variety of mediums to create these little masterpieces. Examples are oils, pastels, colored pencils and even “black and white” mediums like charcoal and graphite pencils. Whatever the medium or style, ACEOs are a great way to start your own original art collection!

By the way, if you wish to commission me for a realistic portrait in pencil or in charcoal, please visit my pencil drawings gallery. Or feel free to e-mail me at: faith@artisticrealism.com

Daily Painting #90 – Oncidium Orchids Diptych
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Oil painting on gessoed matboard
Approximately 5.5 x 8 inches — 14 x 20 cm
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Here’s the other half of the orchid diptych I posted yesterday. I actually painted the right side first because I didn’t really plan this to be a diptych. Below is an image showing the two side by side.

Daily Painting #89 – Oncidium Orchids Diptych
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Oil painting on gessoed matboard
Approximately 5.5 x 8 inches — 14 x 20 cm
SOLD

Taking an inspiration from yesterday’s cabbage painting, this one also has a similar background design. This painting is meant to be part of a diptych. I will post the other half tomorrow, so stay tuned!

Daily Painting #60 – Flower Arrangement in Baby Bottle
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Oil painting on gessoed matboard
Approximately 5.5 x 7.5 inches — 14 x 19 cm
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We recently saw these small glass bottles in a market. They were so cute and inexpensive we just had to get a couple! At the time, I didn’t have a specific composition where I’d use them, but my Mom thought they would be perfect for holding flowers. So here is one of those bottles holding the same purple flower from yesterday’s painting and a green one.

I used some impasto for the petals, especially for the green flower. I think this turned out better than yesterday’s painting.

Daily Painting #59 – Purple Flower
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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’m not sure what this flower is called but it has beautiful petals with cloth-like texture. I did not capture the texture and color of the flower well enough, but I did enjoy trying out the unusual background. I would like to experiment with it some more in the future — perhaps let the burnt sienna underpainting dry first before painting on it.

Daily Painting #33 – Paradise in Blue Bottle
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Oil on gessoed matboard
Approximately 5.5 x 5.5 inches — 14 x 14 cm
Private Collection

The bird of paradise was difficult to paint, but, surprisingly, the blue bottle was quite easy. I have been putting off painting bottles and jars because I thought they would be too difficult to paint with all the reflections and highlights, but this blue bottle seemed to paint itself.

I’m thinking of a new composition for the bottle. I will paint it again, one of these days, as the featured subject.

Daily Painting #29 – Still Life with Flower
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Oil on gessoed matboard
Approximately 5 x 5 inches — 13 x 13 cm

Something quite different today — I think this painting is more “contemporary” than all I’ve painted before.

Daily Painting #16 – Oncidium Orchid
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Oil on gessoed matboard
Approximately 5 x 7 inches — 13 x 18 cm
Private Collection

My first orchids in the Daily Painting series. I hope to do more flowers from my Mom’s mini garden soon.