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?
This is where I stopped for lunch today. I have to get on with this painting as Carolyn wants to eat the pineapple I bought for the model. There is a lot of canvas to cover on a two by three foot surface. I like to block in the entire canvas with the background and subject before starting on much detail. In this painting I did the background first to cause me less grief with painting the greenery blades. The pineapple looks very bright at this point because I am going to add the detail and shadows last. There is paint on the entire surface and should be dry enough to work on tomorrow as I am using liquin as my oil medium and this first layer on the subject is thin. The background was layered on with brush and palette knife and has varied thicknesses for texture. I want the end result to be very three dimensional with a realistic pineapple and an impressionist background. This painting is already spoken for, but I would be happy to accept commissions for another. Giclee prints will also be available. 
This is a from scratch oil painting of a pineapple on a handmade stretched canvas. The canvas is 3 x 2 feet and 1.5 inches deep for gallery wrap with edges painted A huge painting for just being a pineapple. I cut the stretcher bars out of select pine 2 x 6 inch material, stretched the canvas, and penciled in the sketch yesterday. I painted (at left) this morning and took some pics for those that may be interested in watching progress. As the painting progresses, I will post more re. palette, brushes, and such. Please feel free to comment.
I painted this small alla prima oil painting using a couple of palette knives. This type of painting is relaxing and good for exercising the creative side. I planned it as I went and used the knife to blend color and build texture on the canvas. It gets a bit wetter as the paint layers are added. The lighthouse was kept simple and I also scratched in some birds. The canvas is an 8x10 gallery wrap with edges painted for hanging without a frame. 
The Fishing Pier, Oil Painting, 18x24 on hand stretched gallery wrap canvas is finished. The previous post shows the start of this painting as a work in progress (WIP). The paint is still wet and will not be ready to handle for a couple of weeks. The Pier will be for sale when the paint is dry. I had a grand time with this one exploring the neat effects of light and shadows created by the sunset bouncing light on the water and pier.
