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The Preserve View

| Doreen E. Lepore

Since everything is cancelled due to coronovirus, my Tuesday painting group is also suspended until further notice. This past Tuesday I painted the back yard. It’s casein paint, which is a water based paint that dries permanent, like oil paint. It handles a lot like oil paint but dries fast with a matte finish.

The Preserve View

Flamboyant Tuesdays

| Doreen E. Lepore

For all the snowbirds that go north just a little too soon. During June and July the most magnificent tree flowers down here in south Florida. Often called the Flamboyant Tree, or Flame Tree, the Royal Poincianna tree shows off it’s orange flaming flowers throughout Central and Southern Florida.

More info here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delonix_regia

Both of these paintings were done at Indian Riverside Park, Jensen Beach, FL on consecutive Tuesdays. The trees are brilliantly planted next to a pond.

Flamboyant Reflections - 14x11 oil on board
Flamboyant Reflections – 14×11 oil on board

 

Flamboyant Pond - 9x12 oil on board
Flamboyant Pond – 9×12 oil on board

 

Tuesday catchup

| Doreen E. Lepore

Some recent plein air paintings and a pastel demo. Lots of palm trees in this batch!

 

 

The Mosquito Pond 2
Mosquito Pond – 14×11 oil plein air at Garden Tour Sewells Point
River View
River View – 9×12 oil – plein air Snug Harbor, Stuart, FL
fish camp coconut palm
Coconut Palms at the Fish Camp -12×9 oil plein air
savanah lilies
Savannah Lilies – 9×12 oil plein air at the Savannah Preserve
Blue Creek Palms
Blue Creek Palms – 12×16 pastels – Adams Ranch, Ft. Pierce, FL demo

Tuesday again

| Doreen E. Lepore

Last Tuesday was especially fun. My group painted at the Equine Rescue and Adoption Foundation in Palm City, FL. We had painted there before and will paint there again.  So, I decided to paint one of the mini horses. It turns out he is an ambassador for ERAF and that’s understandable. Using pastels on Ampersand Pastelbord, I captured his sweetness and also have published the image on Amazon as one of my arty-tees – both a tshirt and a hoodie.

Here is the link to the tshirt:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07PLFD5XT

and the hoodie:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07PH4XRZR

 

Here is Harry the mini painted pony, ERAF Ambassador: 11×14 Pastels on Board

 

painted pony

 

 

Arty-tees

| Doreen E. Lepore

I now have fine art t-shirts on Amazon. My brand name is Arty-tees. Click on the link under the painting to see it on a t-shirt, printed by Amazon.

This link is to “Red Flag” a pastel painting of Hobe Sound beach

Red Flag
Red Flag

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07L1FBV7Z

“Whispering Palms” a plein air pastel painted at Sandsprit Park in Port Salerno

Sandsprit Park s

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07L3GPKFS

“Drydocked” a plein air oil painted at Indiantown Marina

Topaz - oil on board - 9x12
Topaz – oil on board – 9×12

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KYZSYM3

“Anchored” a plein air pastel painted on the dock of Twisted Tuna, Port Salerno

Port Salerno - 9x12 - pastels
Port Salerno – 9×12 – pastels

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KYBQV68

“To The Beach” a plein air oil painted at Hobe Sound Beach

To The Beach

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KY61HB6

“Octopus Hugs” an original watercolor illustration

Octopus - watercolor and ink
Octopus – watercolor and ink

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KWWRL58

“Friends” an original watercolor illustration

friends

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KWW21XY

“Ombrelli Colorati” an original oil painting of colorful umbrellas at Hobe Sound Beach

Ombrelli Colorati

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KXPD33M

…..more to come

 

Tuesday Paintings – Pastels!

| Doreen E. Lepore

It’s been a long time since the last post because I tend to get behind on the photography end of things. If the paintings are small enough they are scanned.

It seems that the pastels have been neglected lately, so after thinking about it, the issue was with the bulkiness. So going back to another post where I had evaluated the colors used in a plein air painting by John Pierce Barnes [https://doreenelepore.com/2012/06/02/john-pierce-barnes/]  I decided to expand on that selection of pastels yet keep it within this cigar box. The box is about 8″x10″x2″ deep. It’s lined with some foam that was laying around and there is another piece that lays on top to minimize the jiggling.

cigar box

Here is the palette that seems to be working for me.

cigar box pastels

This is working out great for plein air because it’s much lighter to carry and an added bonus is that I don’t get mesmerized by too many colors to look through for the exact right stick. I’ve been using my old half julien easel that holds a few supplies like a travel watercolor box and some brushes.

Here are the paintings that are done with this palette.

Savannah morning sSandsprit Park ssewells point 2 ssewells point sport st lucie botanical sSavannah ssavannah 2 ssandsprit scribble ssunset lake s

 

Tuesday Paintings

| Doreen E. Lepore
Garden Pond - 10x8 - gouache on panel
Garden Pond – 10×8 – gouache on panel

This painting is a bit different for me – done in gouache on a panel called “Aquabord” made by Ampersand.  I laid out my colors on a wet paper towel on my oil palette/easel so they wouldn’t dry out. Then I used both painting knives and brushes to paint. The nice thing about the gouache is that it can be reworked by rewetting, it dries fast and you can mix watercolors in if you are missing a color. Since painting this I’ve used just white gouache with my watercolors in my sketchbook and really like that effect too.

If you want to frame without glass you can coat with Renaissance wax, an archival sealer.

The location was Shadowood Farm in Palm City, Fl.  Its an organic farm and everything is grown in raised beds.  [Rabbit prevention] Next time I go there I’ll try to paint the garden but this time I couldn’t resist the pond.