Day 10 - 30 Paintings in 30 days - Purple Ornament Glow

Here is another experiment with Purple ornament and complimentary colors under my light setup. See how fun shapes are created when the object is kept under light. If you have never observed, this Christmas, after decorating ornaments on your Christmas tree and turning ON the lights, look at one individual ornament closely. I guarantee that you will have fun looking at the shapes and colors created!

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Purple Ornament Glow - 5 x 7 inches, Oil on Canvas Panel

Day 9 - 30 Paintings in 30 days - Green Ornament Glow

I was inspired by the glow of these ornaments under my light setup and felt like experimenting with complimentary colors. However simple the object is, I feel it is always fun to play with effect of light on the object. Under sunlight (plein air), the experience would be much different. When I get more time, I would love to do plein air paintings (i.e. painting outdoors), but until then setting up objects under light is fun and good practice too!

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Green Ornament Glow - 5 x 7 inches, Oil on Canvas Panel

Day 8 - 30 Paintings in 30 days - Christmas Delight - SOLD

On Day 8 of 30 in 30 challenge for this month, here is another Christmas themed painting... What a delight when children find small goodies in their Christmas stocking! I am having fun with these holiday colors, did not expect it in hot summer.

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Christmas Delight - 5 x 7 inches, Oil on Canvas Panel

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Also I am starting back the Oil painting Class for adults & teens, and Kids Watercolor classes starting Sept. 22nd, let me know if you are interested.

Day 7 - 30 Paintings in 30 days - Holiday Radiance

Holiday candles brings about radiance and happiness! I lighted a candle inside this decorative Christmas vase and kept it in dark. It looked so very cheerful, take a look at the final painting as well as work in progress pictures below:

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Holiday Radiance, 5 x 7 inches, Oil on Canvas Panel

 Stage 1:

Holiday Radiance, 5 x 7 inches, STAGE 1

 Stage 2:

Holiday Radiance, 5 x 7 inches, STAGE 2

 Stage 3:

Holiday Radiance, 5 x 7 inches, STAGE 3

Day 6 - 30 Paintings in 30 days - Happy Snowman

Last 5 days I did fruits, and I wanted to change. I had three goals in mind when I started this challenge. The first goal was to finish a painting in one sitting. Second was to start with basic rounded shapes, so I had the fruits. These were done exactly the same way as in Susan Sarback's workshop I attended couple years ago. And so far I have done setups for all these paintings similar to one shown below. Third was to do some small holiday paintings! So here it is - a Happy Snowman:

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Happy Snowman - 5 x 7 inches, Oil on Canvas Panel

 And BTW, this happy snowman was made by my younger daughter in her 5th Grade Holiday project, she is very happy that her project got so much importance!

Happy Snowman Setup

Time to celebrate - Happy Holidays - SOLD

Wish you all Happy Holidays!!
The photo reference for this painting is from my friend's garden. Although I don't like red wine I liked the setting in her garden and with this glass of wine - the color is heavenly! This is the first time I have tried painting glass objects. I am happy and feel accomplished to get this done.

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11x14 inches, Oil on Canvas Panel

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