Tea with Lemon

30 Paintings of Comfort and Joy, Number Eight

A bit of freezing rain this morning makes me extra glad for a hot cup of tea in the morning.  Yikes!  I hope it warms up a bit by the time I need to venture out after waiting for school delays to lift.

Lemons are the obvious star of this painting.  I think lemons and apples are probably the most common things artists paint (besides flowers?).  The lemons under the spot light certainly refreshed my studio.

I have gotten behind on the paintings but that's okay.  Life is complicated sometimes.  I still intend to do 30 paintings.

"Tea with Lemon"
6" x 6" oil on Gessobord
This painting is available through Daily Paintworks Auction.

30 in 30, Day Fifteen

"Forbidden Love"

A little peck on the cheek.  Perhaps to say, "Goodbye.  I'll never forget you."  They come from different worlds, these two.  Their families do not approve so they must part.  They have just a moment of tenderness to remember.  Lemon and Orange.  Romeo and Juliet.  We love a good love story.

I think I need more sleep.

I hope I can make you smile.  Art should be fun.  Sometimes artists are too serious.  At least in the movies.

"Forbidden Love"

6" x 6"  oil on Gessobord

This painting is available through Daily Paintworks Auction.

30 in 30, Day Thirteen

With this challenge, I am learning so much.  Learning how to critique my work so I am not feeling, "Something is wrong with this, but I don't know what."  Of course, once I post the photo, I always see something that could have been tweaked to make it better, but it's usually something minor that I can live with.  Paying attention to the composition from the beginning helps to keep it all feeling right to the end.

Another busy week coming up.  I can do this.  I can.

Some people go crazy for Meyer Lemons.  I haven't seen the appeal (a-peel...ooof!).  They are sweeter than regular lemons, which just makes it not a lemon, to me.  Typically, Meyer Lemons are quite a bit more expensive than the regular variety but this day at the market, the Meyer Lemons were the prettiest, so they came home with me.

"Stack of Sunshine"

6" x 6" oil on Gessobord

This painting is available through Daily Paintworks Auction.