I’ve completed the Fresh Paint pumpkin and am ready to move on from the Halloween theme. Nearer the actual date, I’ll post a group of all the Halloween paintings I’ve done
Pumpkin… All Done
Holidays
Black Cat… All Done… Painting #300
This is my 300th painting, for better or worse, since I started painting in February 2023.
I’m only posting the final photo, as I spent a lot of time between my last Fresh Paint black cat post and this one painting interim colors that ended up getting covered up by the black that I had to repaint. Altogether too much layering, in my opinion. That might work for fluid acrylics, but it’s a waste with heavy body. We started out as a black cat, then went blue and red, then brown and purple, and then finally black again.
But, hey, to each their own in style. Live and learn. And I am learning it’s my style. (Though I think the instructor’s version looks totally cool.)
Peppermints… All Done!
I completed the Fresh Paint peppermints painting today; here it is. I followed the instructor’s methodology far more closely for this painting than I usally do.
Little Witch… A Halloween Painting
This painting, which I mentioned in this post, is from a reference in Ali Kay’s Fresh Paint VIP membership.
One of the perks of the VIP membership is getting seasonal reference images / classes. I did not “attend” the video class, just using the reference image.
I highlighted the black outfit with dioxazine purple (PV23). I dry-brushed the sides of the skirt to get a tulle effect (as the dress in the reference image appears to have some tulle layers).
What I would change were I to do paint this again — the trees and sunlight (substantially blurred in the ref image) as it’s too busy. The hat needs purple highlights; it looks like I painted black on black. AND I need to work on making hair more realistic!
Today is National Poinsettia Day…
In honor of that, here are 11 Fascinating Poinsettia Facts You Should Know
Earlier this year, I painted a red poinsettia based on a painting by Ali Kay. Today I painted a white and pink one (always my favorite live poinsettias) on an 8×10 canvas based on an image by Cindy from Pixabay.
Merry Christmas!
This was done on a black canvas, so the cast shadow is actually unpainted. The lights were painted in Hansa Yellow, but then I came back with some of my silver and gold metallic paints from Lascaux.
Christmas Ornaments.. an Online Tutorial from Paintcoach
I did this work in acrylic on a 6×6 canvas board that I added a layer of acrylic gesso to before I started.
In doing this “still life” (for lack of a better term) today, I scored a victory of sorts. I only used the 3 primaries (lemon yellow, alizarin crimson, and ultramarine blue) plus titanium white. And I got all those different colors! I’m finally moving forward on the journey of intuitively mixing colors! Cheers!
Happy Halloween!
I finished the Halloween-themed works in time for the holiday. I’ve got to get in costume now to greet trick-or-treaters!
Jack O’Lantern II.. The Re-Do
I mentioned in yesterday’s post that I realized that I needed to use a color closer to Burnt Sienna as my desaturated orange; my desaturated “orange” was simply too brown and yellow.
In any case, while it was fresh on my mind, I decided to do a quickie painting of another jack o’lantern, skipping the smaller one and just focusing on getting the colors correct. I used a 6×6 Ampersand Gessoboard that I had toned with yellow ochre several months ago.
The color of the surface the pumpkin sits on is actually a bit more lavender than blue; the photo lighting is a bit off. And I really dislike the slippery Gessoboard!
