I am closing in on my blogiversary and I am keeping up with the painting. I have used up all of my itty bitty canvases. I did not go shopping, so I did a few larger paintings, too. For my first painting of the week, I found some maple “helicopters” in my front yard and brought them to my painting space on the dining room table. I put them on a green cloth and painted them on a tiny canvas. The next one was a lemon I got at the flea market on Saturday. I guess that means Friday was the day I didn’t paint. It’s okay; I doubled up another day. I also picked up two peppers when I was at the flea market and I painted those on Sunday.
Three More Tiny Paintings
The next day, I used a bigger canvas and painted a succulent in a small clay pot. We have a lot of succulents around here; they reproduce like rabbits.
Succulent in Clay Pot
The following day, my daughter needed me to take her to Target, so I browsed the produce department there, looking for something that would be fun to paint. I swear the Bosc pears looked pretty when I picked them up at Target. They don’t look pretty on this canvas.
Three Bosc Pears
I was so frustrated with the way they turned out that I took my last tiny canvas and I painted one of them again. I think I do like the little painting a bit better than the big one.
One Bosc Pear
Today, my daughter needed to go to Publix. That produce department had plenty of nice vegetables in it, but I was uninspired until my daughter suggested a purple cabbage. Purple. I hadn’t done a purple vegetable in ages. I decided to give it a try. Okay, it’s just a painting of a big, fat purple cabbage, but I like it.
Purple Cabbage
The cabbage is painting number forty-seven. I just need three more to meet my goal. Today is Wednesday and my blogiversary is Sunday. I think I can do this.
I believe in YOU! I also believe your pears look yummy! Here’s a little celebration challenge for you. Once you have met your goal, celebrate by painting a basket, or cornucopia filled with all the different vegetables and fruits that you have painted … from memory. Just a thought I had. No pressure, though. Just follow the muse. 🙂
I appreciate the challenge and I may try it, but not from memory. I really like painting from life. It’s kind of magical for me, as if some of the actual life force of the subject ends up on the canvas. I do own a cornucopia, though. I got it to use as a seasonal desk decoration at my old cubicle job. I did lots of desperately creative things trying to make that job bearable.
Good for you! And I like the three pears. They look just like the ones I always get.
Thank you, Sarah. I think the pears are growing on me. 😊