Day 22 - 30 Paintings in 30 days Jan 2014 - Scentimental Floribunda

My favorite flower - Rose!! This rose is from my front yard, I had clicked a picture of it some time back and bookmarked it for painting. Finally, I got to it this morning... after painting a flower yesterday, I was in a mood of Roses and that too in watercolor. This type of Rose is called Scentimental Floribunda. Although it is called "Scentimental" it has very mild fragrance, at least compared to the roses in India. But the color is just phenomenal!! A newly blossomed flower has very strong Red and Yellow color. But as it grows, the yellow and Red fade away - it is wonderful to watch different phases of its growth. The flower I have painted is middle aged - the color has faded a little bit, but still is in full glory. The roses grow in bunches of 5 or 7 on one single branch - probably that's the reason it is categorized as Floribunda.
Looking at the petals it feels like the flower is doing a Flamenco Dance!!

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Scentimental Floribunda - 6 x 8 inches, Watercolor on Arches Paper

Day 21 - 30 Paintings in 30 days Jan 2014 - From a Bee's Eye View

It had been long time since I worked with watercolors and I was tempted to paint my favorite subject - flowers. This time it is a view I presume bees or butterflies would be able to see through their eyes as they fly for honey towards the center of the flower. It turned out to be very soft colors, I like it!

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From a Bee's Eye View - 6 x 8 inches, Watercolor on Arches paper

Day 30 - 30 Paintings in 30 days - Diwali Light

I am getting into celebration mood now - Diwali - Festival of Lights!
This picture was taken at our home last year during Diwali and I tried it using Watercolor.

Diwali Light - 6 x 8 inches, Watercolor on Archies paper

It is so much fun to paint on archies paper - the right paints, brushes and paper make the activity so much fun!

Day 18 - 30 Paintings in 30 days - Feeling Blessed Seashell

As promised - here is my #2 shell - Feeling Blessed, first for having this shell in my collection and second for being able to paint it! I am throughly enjoying these painting days!

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Feeling Blessed Seashell - 6 x 8 inches, Oil on Canvas Panel

 Setup picture - now that I look at it together, I think I took my setup picture in a different angle. Anyways.. you get the idea:

Day 17 - 30 Paintings in 30 days - Feeling Happy Seashell

I am posting for 17th day, but missing one painting from yesterday - I had a glitch :)) I will squeeze in one painting for 16th day before this challenge ends to make up for it!
But today I could not resist picking up this happy looking sea shell for my set up. Just look at it, doesn't it appear smiling !? (the photo came out blurry, I will replace with a better one later)

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Feeling Happy Seashell - 6 x 8 inches, Oil on Canvas Panel

 Below is my setup picture and how I got started with this painting:

Feeling Happy Seashell Stage 1

Feeling Happy Seashell - my setup

Day 15 - 30 Paintings in 30 days - Turkey Enjoying Pumpkin Patch

I set up a still life with Turkey. But while I was sketching the Turkey, I added few pumpkins and made up the painting. I could not take a picture in good lighting, so I will post what I got today and then put the new picture after I get a good one. Again this one can be written up as a story!

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Turkey Enjoying Pumpkin Patch - 6 x 8 inches, Oil on Canvas Panel

Day 14 - 30 Paintings in 30 days - Story of a Scarecrow and Two Pumpkins - SOLD

Dear friends, for all those writers out there, I have an illustration in place and the challenge is to write a story based on my new Fall painting. I have the title too - "Story of a Scarecrow and Two Pumpkins". Please feel free to write your short story as comments.
If you are not a writer - even then your comments are much appreciated!

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Story of a Scarecrow and two Pumpkins - 6 x 8 inches, Oil on Canvas Panel

SOLD

 Below are couple stages of how my painting started out. I am missing picture of Stage 3 in this - oops forgot to take a picture.
STAGE 1

Story of a Scarecrow and two Pumpkins - STAGE 1

 STAGE 2:

Story of a Scarecrow and two Pumpkins - STAGE 2

Day 13 - 30 Paintings in 30 days - Pumpkin Candle

Last night I looked for fall decorations in my boxes and found few small things. This Pumpkin Candle has been with me for few years, I use it for decoration but now that I have painted this candle, I think I should use it this fall! 

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Pumpkin Candle - 6 x 8 inches, Oil on Canvas Panel

Setup for Pumpkin Candle