My paintings...

I haven't posted any oil painting artwork in a while, so I decided to update with some of my finished works from last semester, and some of my works in progress. 

The final product of my very first still life! It's now at my mom's house. 

A painting of a photo from our vacation to the Indiana Dunes.

Two practice still life setups.

An in progress lighthouse from a postcard from St Augustine, FL. It will go in our bathroom when finished.

The following is a sequence of a reproduction (for technique practice, not for sale or anything, lol.) I chose Le Fille avec un panier (The girl with the basket) by Berthe Morisot. 

This is the original painting by Berthe Morisot.

I took one picture after each class, so each picture equals 2 1/2 hours of work, and it's on an 18x24 canvas.  

And the finished product! I'm pretty proud of it, except I think the face could use some adjusting.  I'm realizing there is no such thing as completely satisfied when it comes to artwork.

This is a quick still life I did that is now hanging in our house.

The following was my final project, that I never got completely finished, but it was pretty complex, so my prof didn't mind.  It's a photo of Jamie and his brothers (Jamie's the little one,) that I'm going to give to my mother in law when I'm done.

Here's the original photo,

I'm kind of burnt out on it, so I'm taking a break for a while. =)

And finally, this is the first still life of Semester 2, and it's still in progress.  It's to practice painting metal and glass, which is really hard. We also have to use only analogous and opposite colors, which is a challenge I am enjoying. 

We are also going to focus more on landscapes this semester, which I'm really excited about. 

More to come later!

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