Sunflower Rhapsody! Floral Still Life Painting Art

Sunflower Rhapsody....

setting the stage!

This piece will be a two or three part process...depends on how much I get finished tomorrow.  Today I sketched it in and then worked with transparent colors establishing my lights and darks.  I have used both yellow and violets as they are opposite on the color wheel and create visual excitement in a painting! I will also be contrasting some blues and oranges for the same reason. You can already get a feel for the sun coming in and hitting this arrangement as it sat on my dining room table.  I hope your day is a good one and that you can check back with me tomorrow! 

#140 Poppy Profusion

#140 Poppy Profusion!

6" by 6" original oil on panel

150.

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Today I had a hankering to paint a poppy!  Anything with red always makes me happy and a happy flower that stands straight and tall for all the world to admire...well that is perfection!  If you haven't signed up for my newsletter yet, now is a good time.  This coming week I will be choosing 2 winners for the past two months of free painting giveaways!  Each month I give away a painting to one of my subscribers!  You can sign up on the top right side of my blog.  I hope you have a fantastic Monday!

#132 Tulip Rhapsody!

#132  Tulip Rhapsody!

6" by 6" original oil on panel

150.

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Hope you all had a lovely Mother's Day!  I spent the morning having brunch with two of my sons who live in the area at Rockefeller's on Rudee Inlet.  We ate outside and watched the activities on the dock.  Even watched as my camera lens cap floated down into the water.  Oops.  I wasn't allowed to hold my camera or my phone for that matter after that.  We came home and I took a Mother's Day power nap and then began painting.  This flower is from my friend, Barbara Lively Mastaglio's garden down in Norfolk. I love the rich colors of these tulips and the new transparent colors helped capture it in oil.  Here are a couple of pictures from my morning that I wanted to share with you.  Miss Bailee's new hairdo is the first.

She wanted to go to brunch but had to stay home. :-(

The view at Brunch...should have included the water!

We all agreed this looked like a pretty fun place to live!

"Sleepless In Virginia Beach!"

Have a wonderful Monday!  I am committing here to go to yoga tomorrow! One day at a time and I will build the habit! :-)

Sunflowers In My Window!

Sunflowers In My Window!

4.5" by 5.5" on illustration board

$95.

Comes with a white double mat that makes it

8" by 10"

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It is almost midnight and I am still in my studio trying to wrap things up.  I did my first video demonstration today and the difficulty was not in doing it but uploading it and trying to figure out how to configure it and get it uploaded into a format that I can put on my blog and youtube.  I don't have any narrative but would like to add music.  My head hurts from thinking about it all so I think I shall get a good nights sleep and think about it tomorrow!  It was terribly fun to do and I feel a great sense of accomplishment in doing it.  It is something I have wanted to do for about a year now!  Hope your day was filled with fun and that you had a sense of accomplishment too!  

I wanted to share my studio transformation that I wrote about a few posts ago.  Thanks so the efforts of my good friend Lena who is an organizing genius!

BEFORE...

AFTER....

                                      

AHHH...serenity!

Norma Wilson Original Oil Daisies Flowers Floral Art

6" by 12" original oil on wrap around canvas with sides painted.

Greetings everyone,
Busy day today of painting, shipping, cleaning, cooking, and taking Andrew to his Tetra Brazil soccer camp. I did begin my cat portrait commission and made some headway on it. Instead of All Prima on this one, I think it will be done in stages. I also finished tonight's post and listed in on eBay for only .99 cent starting bid! Check it out. Have a great Wednesday! Click to Bid!

Norma Wilson Original Oil White Day Lillies Floral Art

Today's post is a 10" by 10" original oil on wrap around canvas with sides painted. It is currently on auction on eBay.

I was drawn to this piece as it was a study in white and it was very challenging. I learned a lot doing it and had fun. Today was a day of unexpected occurences. I spotted a huge stain on my family room carpet and on further investigation began to suspect it was the ice maker on the frig leaking. It leaked into the dining room as well damaging the hard wood floor. Hmmmm. I learned from my neighbor what to do so I notified my insurance and got Servpro out here. I am pretty impressed with what they did. I'll know in a few days if the floor or carpet needs to be replaced. In spite of all of this, I was able to paint for quite a few hours and I am pretty pleased with the past couple of days work. Hope your week is going well. It's almost the weekend!
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