Teas cups–WIP step 2

tea cups - step 2  by Dee Lessard
Today I put color into the foreground and background and brought up my white in the cups. As you can see the painting is starting to take shape now that I am beginning to add color and to bring up these lights. My husband can’t understand why I paint these things….I can’t always give an answer, but for this one, I find the shapes (both positive and negative shapes) interesting! I particularly  like the negative shapes around the handle.

New design to my blog

As you can see, I've made changes to the design and layout to this blog. I've been looking to have it look and feel a little more like my website....for more continuity. This is as close as I've gotten. The background (in case you can't tell) is a picture of a pallet with blobs of paint on it. The same as the home page of my web site.  Tell me what you think! More than likely I will continue to tweak it in the next couple of weeks.

Tea cups- WIP step 1

I have never really posted a work in progress (WIP). Part of the reason is because I wanted all the steps to go together as a continuation. I don't think I'll be able to do that unless I keep on the the same project and my very next posting is the next step. (this messes with my organizational side of my brain!) I have come to realize through this process of blogging that I like to jump around from project to project. But for now, I will try to stay on task with this one.
Sometimes it's fun to work in series and I have wanted to do one with tea cups. Although I'm not sure it will become a series, here is the first tea cup painting. This is what I do as an under-painting. It is a monochromatic painting with a mix of raw umber, burnt umber and white.

Another project I am working on is a fund raiser for a fellow artist....I will post more on that SOON!

Pink & Lace

Pink & Lace 8x10  oil   by   Dee Lessard

I have been wanting to do a painting with ballet slippers for a while now. The Gallery I am in has a theme show a couple of times a year. We have one starting on Thursday night called "Poetry & Art". Because I was determined to do this painting I went on a search for a poem to match it. Unfortunately, I was not happy with my results. So, I was telling a friend of mine (who happens to write poetry) and she came up with this beautiful poem!

Apple Cider

                                                   Apple Cider  oil by Dee Lessard

  I did a lot of work this year learning about how to do things on the computer with things like this blog, my website and an online store called Etsy. (Etsy is an ebay of sorts...but  ONLY hand made artisan goods)It has been interesting and tiring at the same time!

  Recently, I have gotten notices that this painting (rather, a print of this painting) has been included in a "treasury" on Etsy.  All this is so new.... but you'll have to check these out. It's neat to be included in a store with other artisans wares! Below are links to MY Etsy store where I have prints of this painting (and others) and also to the treasury's I am included in: 

Hot Apple Cider Treasury

Print being Featured (My ETSY store)

APPLE HARVEST

Apple Harvest  oil   by  Dee Lessard      SOLD

I Love the smell of fall. Now that it's here the apples have been delightfully crisp and sweet! Now we can smell them baking in the oven as apple crisp! YUM!!! One of my fav's! So it feels appropriate to post my apple paintings! Here is one that was recently sold. A classic old master style....this one has been one of my favorite paintings. It's going to a wonderful home that I can visit and see it gracing their walls!!! (do I sound like I get  attached?...haha. Well, there's a part of an artist that is in their paintings..... So much time and energy is invested)