SUNSHINE SMILES Throwback Thursday

Sunshine Smiles Miniature Treasure painting

4x4" on gessoed panel.

Painted with a palette knife.

SOLD

Sunflowers are one of my favourite flowers, although they are not as easy to paint as you may think.  Getting the right amount of detail and looseness right is a juggling act. I like the way this one turned out, with lots of layers and textures.

How it would look framed in a floating frame

Turmoil, miniature abstracts acrylic paintings, Day 15 of 30 day challenge

Turmoil Miniature Abstract Paintings

4x4in on panel

These will be available in my Etsy shop in February

Day 15 of Jan 2017 30 paintings challenge

Click Here to see Day 14's painting

I didn't have much time today so I started on some miniature abstracts. Still need some work and I have to be careful not to make them too busy. I plan to do several and post them in my Etsy shop in February.

Ladling the paint...

Miniature Sunset Oil Paintings Video

Sunset Miniature Treasure paintings

4"x4" oil on panel

Available in my Etsy shop

It's been over a month since I last posted. Due to family matters I have been travelling back and forth to the UK and I have had very little time to paint over the last 2 to 3 months.

I returned home yesterday and I have been playing with Windows movie maker. OK so it is not a movie, but I think this is an interesting way to showcase a series of work, What do you think? Is this better/worse/no different than showing the photos one after another in a blog?

Tulip Field Palette Miniature treasure Palette knife painting

Tulip Field Palette Miniature treasure

Palette knife painting

Oil on MDF panel

10x15cm (4"x6")

SOLD

Today I was in the mood for red and tulips.

Day 7, 30 paintings in 30 days January 2014 challenge - Poppy Fields 2 painting

Miniature art trading card

ACEO 13 - Landscape Poppy Fields 2

2.5 by 3.5 inch 

gouache on watercolour paper

This painting is SOLD

A small painting of the Provence poppy fields in gouache.

ACEOs are small works of art measuring 2.5x3.5inch. They are an excellent and affordable way to start an art collection.

Day 6, 30 paintings in 30 days January 2014 challenge

ACEO 3 - Abstract 1 miniature art

2.25x3.25 inch

Acrylic monoprint on 300g watercolour paper

Available for purchase 12€, including postage

In December I had a brief foray into monoprinting, something I had never tried before. It wasn't very successful as I didn't really know what to do. I used acrylic on a piece of glass and mixed the paint about making marks using a stick for some of the prints. Some were more successful than other, but I need to work more on the thickness of the paint and the type of paper.

On some I obviously used too much paint resulting in 'ridges' on the print. On a second look, I felt these ridges gave some nice textures. I took out my ACEO template out and placed it over the monoprint in various places. The results were surprising, with some really nice compositions appearing. You can guess what happened next - so be prepared to see more of these monoprint ACEOs.

See HERE for yesterday's ACEO

Landscape Impressions Gouache Paintings - Group Display

Here are all my current landscape impressions grouped together, which I displayed at an exhibition featuring art by members of the 'ASSOCIATION PEINTRES DANS LA RUE' (Painters in the street), a local art group who display at various venues around the Alpes Maritimes during the summer months.

Gouache Abstract Landscape Paintings on canvas board

The paintings have been mounted on MDF

to fit into an 18x24cm standard frame.

All the paintings have been varnished with acrylic varnish

for protection allowing them to be framed without glass.