30 Minute Painting-Attempt #2

Here's 30 minute (more like 32 minute) painting #2. I hope to explore this subject more in the future. I bought the pitcher at Pier 1 this summer because, I needed a decent pitcher but mainly because I loved the shape of it and wanted to try painting it. I painted this outside, yesterday, on my deck, since, it was just too beautiful of a day to be inside.
Today, Dave and I made the hour drive to the mountains with the full intention of me painting at Jones Gap after a short hike. Our hike ended up being much longer than we planned because it was just too beautiful to turn back. We kept going, especially when we found out there was a 50 ft waterfall about 20 more minutes up. Wow, it was definitely worth the climb. So gorgeous and the colorful leaves were falling right along with the water. It's days like this that I'm so glad that I work so hard to stay in shape everyday! Unfortunately, I didn't get to paint there, today.

"Water with Lemon"
6"x 6" oil on canvas board
$75 unframed plus $8 shipping

Patio at Mary's, Greenville, SC

Way too hot to paint outdoors. I know, I'm a wimp, and am choosing to stay inside my air conditioned studio to paint from photos. Not as much fun, but comfy.

This painting gave me so much trouble. I spent 2 1/2 days struggling and fighting with it. I'm so glad to be done. I blame it on the lighting in my studio, and the light in my house, for the most part is just too dark. It looks fine while on my easel with the easel light on but as soon as i turn off the light , the colors look so dull and dark. So, today, I went over it with my easel light off, going only by the light from my window. It looks so much better now.

I've been wanting to paint this scene for a long time now, and have gotten out of my system. It looks nice in a gold frame.

I'm getting ready for the West End Art festival in Greenville, in mid September. Come and see me there if you live in this area.
Patio at Mary's, Greenville, SC
9"x12"oil on gessoed panel framed in quality gold tone frame
$200 plus $10 shipping

If interested, email me at jacki.newell@gmail.com

SOLD Saturday Morning on Main Street, Downtown Greenville, SC

I finished this one a few days ago, but was unalble to post it because our card reader for the camera wore out. Dave picked up a new one, so here it is. Very fun to paint, again, I wish I would have done it larger. Thing is, I have a bunch of these panels, from Blick. They are very nice, with 1/2 inch sides on them that I will paint, probably black, so there is no need for a frame. They are all small, though. This is 8"x8".
You will notice the people are a little different than the first time I posted this. I painted over them and then regretted it because they weren't as bad as I thought. So, I redid them.
I took the original photo for my reference, around April 1st, then after starting the painting later in the month, I went back to the same location and much to my surprise, the striped awning was gone. The restaurant there had remodeled or something.

SOLD