Half Way to 30 in 30, Food Paintings, PPF

Paint Party Friday:  Day 17 of 30 paintings in 30 days

Topic:  Food, or Culinary Delights

“Happy Birthday Cupcake #1”

Oil, 6” x 6” on canvas panel

Buy on Daily Paintworks

I just finished an intense 3 day workshop using oil paints with a palette knife taught by Leslie Saeta in South Pasadena, CA.  Great fun, and I learned a lot, especially about marketing my art, pricing, selling on the internet and improving my web site.  Now all I have to do is implement the ideas starting today!

This cupcake is my very first oil painting ever.  It is not dry yet, and won't be for awhile.  That's one thing I don't like about oils.  My acrylics are dry by the time the day's painting session is over, not cured, but dry.  The palette knife technique we learned was really interesting but it does not work with acrylics very well at all.  The oils give me a headache and nausea, even the ones that are water based, so I am not sure how I will do any more oil painting, but I may try wearing a respirator.  

See more of my 30 day paintings in 30 days here.

30 Painting in 30 Days: Challenge for January PPF

This month I am signed up for Leslie Saeta's Palette Knife painting workshop on Facebook for 30 days. I have never painted much food, so at my daughter's suggestion, I think the topic of the month will be "Culinary Delights."

Day 16: Jan 16, 2014
"Eggs, Veggies and Meat"
9x12

Purchase on DPW

Day 15:  Jan 15, 2014
"Bottle of Wine and Glass"
12x9

Bid in the Auction

Day 14:  Jan 14, 2014
"Canned Meat"
9x12 Acrylic

For sale on Daily Paint Works

Day 13:  Jan 13, 2014
"Bread, the Staff of LIfe"
Acrylic 9 x 12

Buy this painting

Day 12: Jan 12, 2014
"Going Bananas"
9x12 Acrylic on Canvas Board

Painting for sale on DPW

Day 11:  Jan 11, 2014
"Ketchup and Fries with a Burger on the side."
9x12 Acrylic

Buy this painting

Day 10:  Jan 10, 2014
"Taco Tuesday"
Acrylic 9 x 12

For Auction on DPW

Day 9: Jan 9, 2014
"Homemade Cupcake and Strawberries"
9x12 Acrylic

  

Day 8:  Jan 8, 2014
"Watermelon"
Acrylic on Canvas Board 9 x 12

For Sale on DPW

Day 7: Jan 7, 2014
"Cookies and Milk"
Acrylic on Canvas Board, 9 x 12

Buy this painting



Day 6: Jan 6, 2014
"Huevos Rancheros with Avocados"
9x12 Acrylic on Canvas Board

For sale in DPW Auction


Day 5: Jan 5, 2014
"Large Pepperoni and Mushroom Pizza"
Acrylic 9 x 12 inches

Bid in the DPW auction

Day 4: Jan 4, 2014
"Coffee and Biscuit"
Acrylic 9 x 12

Bid in the DPW Auction


Day 3: Jan 3, 2014
"Toast and Jam"
Acrylic 9 x 12 inches

Bid in the Auction at DPW

Day 2:  Jan 2, 2014
"Banana Split with Extra Whipped Cream"
Palette Knife Acrylic 9 x 12 inches

 Day 1:  Jan 1, 2014
"Hamburger with Big Buns"

I used a palette knife and Slow Dry Acrylics to paint this juicy hamburger with melting cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, onions and secret sauce.

Bid in the Auction at DPW

The Zorn Challenge, Painting a Cat with a limited color palette PPF

The challenge at Daily PaintWorks this week:

Paint something using only Black, White, Red and Yellow Ochre

This 4 x 4 was done with Acrylics on a wooden panel using my son's photo of his new kitty.  It doesn't look anything like his cat, but I like the end result and the challenge of using so few colors.  A little frustrating, but I do love a challenge.  His actual Christmas present is still on the easel getting final touches.  This is the 4th Pet Portrait Painting I have done of his cats.  I will post the final one next week.  It better be done by then because I have to have it in the mail by the 15th!

For auction on my DPW site.

More Christmas Painting PPF

More Christmas Paintings this week.

9x12 Acrylic Christmas Tree and Ornament

ACEO:  WC Scottie Dogs and Xmas Tree

ACEO:  Mixed Media Scottie Dog with Plaid Tam O'Shanter

ACEO WC/Gouache Cute Couple, Mr and Mrs Claus

ACEO:  WC, Pen and Ink, Mrs Santa Claus

and

I participated in this weeks DPW Challenge, to Paint Glass Reflections
Acrylic 6x6 on wooden panel

Bid on the DPW Auction

Clouds and Scotties, Paint Party Friday, PPF

Paint Party Friday

Thank goodness for this PPF weekly challenge or I would not be posting as often!  First time painting Scottie Dogs.  All these pieces have bids so they will sell within a week or so.  

Auction at DPW:  ACEO "Clouds at Sea" - This week's painting challenge

"Black Scottie with Red Coat and Hat"

"Two Scotties, Boy and Girl"

"White Scottie with Hat and Coat"

5 x 7 Christmas Card:  "3 Black cats and a Christmas Tree"

 

Nibblefest Giraffes, DPW Bike Man, and PPF

So this week I painted 3 Giraffes 

for Nibblefest Art Contest 7 day auctions, starting at only 99 cents.

Search ebay for NFAC to find 52 paintings of Giraffes for 99 cents.

8 x 10 Acrylic, Bid on Ebay, starting at 99 cents

ACEO, watercolor and pen, Bid on Ebay, Starting Bid 99 cents

ACEO, watercolor, pen and ink, Bid on Ebay

And I did a 5 x 7 watercolor and pen study of 4 pears which can be cut into 4 ACEOs if you prefer, for a Daily Paint Works Challenge, Auction

And a watercolor ACEO Apple Abstract

And a face for the Bikeman Challenge at DPW up for auction

Santas and More Santas, PPF

PPF:  Paint Party Friday

The first ACEOs in my Christmas 2013 Santa Series:

Watercolor, pen and ink with White Gouache accents.

All for Sale on Ebay in my Store - Pinkgypsy.

Santa with a Pipe

Santa Adjusting his Glasses

Happy Santa

Winking Santa

Sad Santa

Sleepy Santa

Owls, Santa and Miniatures, PPF

Owls, Santa Claus and Dollhouse Miniatures
Things I have painted this week.

My first Santa ACEO of the Season.  WC & Pen

"Boo Who" 5x7 Owl 

WC, Pen Mixed Media

and 

"Peek A  Boo" With Mat, 

Owl for Nibblefest which starts on the 20th

PLUS

I made more miniature framed pictures to sell on Ebay - Dollhouse Art

Dollhouse Miniatures, Inchies and Postage Stamps

Another Tiny Hobby?

These are actual postage stamps with fine art reproductions on them.  I have been framing them and will open an Etsy or Ebay store for them soon.  So far the only one I have ready to sell is Beethoven.  

Those need to be framed, but this one is ready to hang in a dollhouse.

Ebay Listing 1 inch : 12 inches

And I have a couple dozen more but I need to take pictures of them.

PLUS I received a bunch of stamps.

(If anyone needs Postage stamps for collage, let me know.  I am going to sell them as bags of colors I think, instead of real postage stamp collections)

 These are all 1 inch by one inch acrylic paintings done by me, in frames.  I have been trying to decide which colors go with which bellydancers.

Painted frames for one inch art.

More inchies to frame.