Mexican Lime Oil Painting

We have two Mexican Lime trees that abundantly provide my wife Carolyn with limes for her tea.  Ours produce nearly all year long.  They have small white blossoms and the bees love them.  The fruit turns to a pale yellow when fully ripe.

I painted the Mexican Lime in oils alla prima on a 10 x 8 gallery wrapped canvas.  I had prepared the canvas a couple of months ago with a blue teal left over mix from another painting and have been thinking about what to paint on it.  Kept it simple and used the lime as it was complimentary.  The palette consisted of: yellow light, sap green, green light permanent, yellow ochre, yellow, burnt umber, white and a tad of burnt sienna.  Check my website and etsy in the above menu should you wish to purchase paintings or prints.  I am also a member of Fine Art America which is a great place to buy art.

I hope you like the painting.

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

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Cotton Candy Rose Oil Painting

I finished the Cotton Candy Rose today.  I enjoyed toying around with the different shades of pink and reds.  Subtle shadows make the body of a light colored rose pop and I hope I got there in this one.  The background is a very dark green.  I used a photo of the rose to follow as a guide, but I didn't like the leaves in the photo; so I took license to grow some.  My palette in this 16x16 oil was mainly:  white, aliz crimson, red, blue, green lt, sap green, cad yellow lt, red lt, orang, paynes gray, and some I probably forgot.  LOL

The new year has started off well for us.  I hope the same for you.  You are invited to follow my blog and email me if you have any questions.

Happy New Year,
jimmie@jimmiesart.com

Pink Poppies

Freestyle Poppies is one of my first studies I did when learning to paint flowers with oils. I liked it, but as a study, and so it has hung in the studio for several years without a showing. I would like to give it an opportunity to be viewed and find a home. The original is still in my studio hanging above the door. Beautiful prints are available of the Poppies here on FAA. Thanks for looking.

Merry Christmas,
Jimmie@jimmiesart.com

My Favorite Painting For 2012

While I was painting Two Flamingos last February, I had a major surgery which interrupted the progress and of course my simple train of thought. I started painting again within two weeksout of the hospital, starting with about an hour a day, and finished the flamingos a month later. I was about 70 per cent finished before the interruption. I was so happy to have finished it. Prints are available through FAA and my other websites.

I want to wish all a very Merry Christmas and thank God for the life he has given us.

Jimmie Bartlett
jimmie@jimmiesart.com

Angleton Market Days, Christmas Show

We are very excited about this show. This is one of those "must go and see" fun events!   The show has a great range of booths offering many and diverse selections of arts and crafts, collectibles, Christmas gift items, and much more.  I hope you and family can come visit us and the rest of the vendors at the show. 

Carolyn and I will be in booths 8 and 9 in the Commercial Hall selling our art and crafts.  You can also view our offerings on: 

www.jimmiesart.com

I hope to see you there,
jimmie@jimmiesart.com 




Post Note 11/20/2012:  We really enjoyed this show.  Good weather and lots of people.  We booked the spring 2013 show and will be in the same booth location in the Commercial Hall.  

Monarch Butterfly Oil Painting, Finished

Finished the Monarch, 14x18 inch, Oil Painting today.  I enjoyed the work on this one, as developing a background to support the subject was flowers; and, I haven't had an opportunity in awhile to paint some flowers.  If you haven't read the previous posts about this painting, you may find the pictures and arty gab interesting.

Carolyn and I had a good show in Victoria last weekend.  The holiday spirit is here and a lot of people came.  I hope you like the painting.

Let us pray before we paint,
Jimmie

Backyard Bluebird

This one is on a 10x8 inch canvas.  I started it several months ago and got back on it today as I am waiting on the butterfly to dry before next session on it.  I kept it more on an impressionist approach and let it focus mainly on the bird.  I did one on a smaller surface a couple of years ago and it was fun to finish the painting in a couple of hours.  It was almost completed anyway.

We will be participating in an Arts and Crafts show in Victoria at the First United Methodist Church Saturday and have some packing to do.  I love doing the shows and get a chance to sell some art.

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

Monarch Butterfly artwork

I am building the background and flowers for the butterfly in this scene.  It may not look like it, but there is still more to do to the butterfly.  The shapes, shades and highlights  of the background scenery are important to make the butterfly the most important part of the painting.  To make this happen, the flowers need to be pretty but not overwhelming and same for the stems and leaves.  Making brights and shadows believable takes a bit of stepping back from the easel and studying the painting at a distance.  Making sure the light source and cast shadows in the painting are consistent.  More painting to do.

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

Another Butterfly Oil Painting in Progress

If you follow this blog, you probably think I am stuck on painting butterflies.  Yes, I really like painting butterflies!  They are colorful and interesting.  I plan to finish this one soon and move on to other paintings for awhile.  I am considering painting a series of Native Indian series next.  I am researching famous chiefs now.  So intriguing.

This work in progress is on a 14x18 inch canvas.  There is a prior post that discusses the start of this one.  Here, the image on upper left is basically where I stopped on it to finish the other butterfly painting with the exception of showing some sky blue spread on with a palette knife to get it going.  (Using the knife helps spread the paint on faster in large areas of canvas.  The evenly spread and detail with a brush.  You may like the knife effects and want to leave them on your painting)  I also penciled in more of the flowers to help the composition.  I didn't follow the photo for the background and flowers, but used it as a guide to create a less busy and more painterly effect.  His antenna got painted over, but can be put back in later.  The flowers are based in and will get more attention later today.  The greenery is the next step.

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

Monarch Buttlerfly Painting, Work in Progress

Made some progress today on the larger butterfly painting by blocking in the color portions of the wings.  (Scroll down the page to see the previous stage of the painting.)  I did a bit of shading and highlighting which brought the painting into dimension.  Nothing has been done to white portions of the canvas.  Notice how the smaller whites on the wings stand out even though not painted.  I will add shades of white later.  Next step is to add the floral background.  I will work on the other butterfly tomorrow and possibly finish it, but we did talk about going fishing tomorrow.  Your comments are appreciated.

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