440 Red Kiss

Another remnant of the holiday season.

439 Lemon Twist

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What do you think of the patterned fabric surrounding the jar? Is it too busy? I think it looks like the lemons are dancing the twist.

438 The Trick

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What do you do when you have a lemon a mug and a cherry? There's another lemon inside the mug, but it doesn't show. I used a bandana as the backdrop. I find the pattern makes the painting more dynamic and the cherry stem looks like it's trying to balance and adds more movement to the painting. 

437 A Kiss

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It looked to me like the cherries were holding hands and kissing.
I really like the background with the pink ground showing. 

436 How We Met

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So this is the third jar in as many days. Each time I think the rendering of the jar has improved. I wondered about the stems...if I ought to have made them tilted towards each other like footsies.
Well, that's another scenario yet to be painted.

435 White Carnation

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Painting White is always a special challenge for my eyes. I think it's about temperature. I painted this last night and redid the blossom part today as it didn't read quite right. I think it reads well now. Perhaps more as a monochromatic painting as I used a blue grey cloth for the background.

This is the second of a series of three paintings entitled,  "How We Met".

 You'll see tomorrow:)

PS. I'm using "Improved Gem, made in Canada" type of preserving jar for the painting. Hense the lettering on the jar.

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434 Red Carnation

I like painting things in jars.
Happy New Year!

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