Butterfly on Bougainvillea Oil Painting, 6x6 Alla Prima

This is my first on a 6x6 surface and it took some getting use to.  Maybe I should have started out with a simplier composition.  But I like watching the butterflies feeding on our bougainvillea so I painted it first.  I prepare my own masonite hardboard to paint from.  I cut out 5 of the 6x6s and triple coated them with gesso yesterday.  The palette for this painting was permanent red, yellow ochre, aliz. crim., yellow lt, yellow med., permanent green lt, burnt sienna, black and white.

The photo has some glare in it as the paint is still wet.  Please visit the Daily Paintworks website and take a look at all the beautiful paintings being auctioned for charity to benifit the childen in africa.  Thanks for visiting.

Let us pray before we paint,
Jimmie@jimmiesart.com

Pineapple Oil Painting, is finished

I am so glad to have finished the pineapple oil painting today.  Always good to call one finished, especially a large format painting.  I usually call my paintings finished when my corrections and and improvements do not significantly add to the overall scene when stepping back several feet from the easel for a good look.  This one is for my daughter, but will take commissions to paint one for you.

Prints are available for purchase.   Please contact jimmie @jimmiesart.com if you have questions about ordering/shipping.


Let us pray before we paint,
Jimmie@jimmiesart.com

Pineapple, Almost

It is almost finished!  I am going to let it dry and finish the highlights and a few more shadows need to be improved.  Hopefully one more session will do it.  What do you think?

We have already cut up the model into pineapple chunks.  If the painting finishes out as good as the fruit tastes, I will be very happy.

Let us pray before we paint,
Jimmie@jimmiesart.com