I’m not entirely satisfied with this, which is based off a Fresh Paint lesson — I think my other autumn tree is better. Moving on…
8×8 canvas panel
Autumn Tree — after Fresh Paint
Unfinished – Sunflowers after Van Gogh
I got bored painting this and did not finish. It’s from a class I took via Will Kemp Art. Nothing wrong with the course, just not in the mood for painting a vase of sunflowers. Maybe I’ll get back to it later.
12×16 canvas.
Unfinished – Boat at Sunset
This is a painting from a “Bloom” class by Jed Dorsey at Acrylic University. I haven’t finished it yet, because, honestly, I’m a bit bored with it and want to paint other things. But I’m posting it because I’ve FINALLY started painting again.
8×8 canvas panel.
Paintings that Grow on Me
It’s funny… when I display some of my paintings, over time I get to like them more. As an example, I wasn’t crazy about the river/canal painting I did as a part of the Jed Dorsey “Bloom” class, but the more I see it the more I’m liking it.
I continue to like the pancakes with blueberries, and even the Black Labrador. My favorite, though, is the sailboat at sunset. (All those were painted based off references from Ali Kay’s Fresh Paint course.
I am still not thrilled with the 2 floral paintings I did based off my own references. Sigh.
Bold Brushstrokes… Playing with Paint
A few weeks ago I watched one of the videos on the Acrylic University site. Jed Dorsey was painting a vase of sunflowers from a reference photo (likely his own). So, tonight, I felt like painting more sunflowers and decided to just wing it mostly from memory, doing my own thing rather than copying Jed’s work, or copying the reference photo.
This is the result. 10×10 canvas panel toned in burnt umber and white. Colors used were naphthol crimson, cadmium yellow, ultramarine blue, and a bit of Mars Black.
This was fun! I wasn’t trying for realism or polish, just playing with paint.
Sunflowers in a Vase
This painting was done on a 6×8 canvas (Blick Premier — I surprisingly liked it) and it’s based off of one of my own photos. The background is Dioxazine Purple (PV23) tinted with Titanium White, as a complementary color to the various tones of yellow (Yellow Ochre, and Cad Medium Yellow mixed with Yellow Ochre).
While I’m not entirely happy with this effort, on the whole, I think it’s one of my better sunflower paintings.
Work in Progress 
Finished Painting
Pink Roses in a Vase
I took this photo back in the summer of 2023 and, as I was browsing through my pics of floral scenes, thought about painting it. Roses are difficult for me — but maybe I need to let go of that negative thought and tell myself roses are fun to paint! (Actually, this bouquet WAS fun to paint knowing I was doing it “solo”, and not copying someone else’s painting or using someone else’s reference photo.)
I used a 6×8 canvas panel for this one.
Daffodils… an Update
As with my sunflower painting, I decided to update the values on this painting of daffodils, just using Cadmium Orange. The color is exaggerated, yet it makes the flowers stand out. I dry-brushed the orange (no water at all) and used a small brush.
Sunflower
For once, I’m painting from a reference photo of my own! My first attempt was garbage, as you can see below, because my values were completely off relative to the photo on the right. You can barely see that I actually have two shades of yellow for the petals in the painted version.
So, I tried again a few days later, just painting over the old version. And this is the comparison between the old painting and the new. Still not happy with it, but it looks better from a distance, lol!
Just for grins, here’s the comparison between my photo and the new painting.
