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.
landscape
Flamboyant Tuesdays
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.
Tuesday catchup
Some recent plein air paintings and a pastel demo. Lots of palm trees in this batch!
T-Shirt Update
Just finished a major update to my arty-tees page. I’ve added new tshirts and hoodies as well as adding more color selections for some tshirts. There are two links for some tshirts because amazon only lets me pick 5 colors per tshirt or product, so I just made another listing with more color choices. Also, some good news, the price on the hoodies dropped, thanks to amazon.
These are the paintings now available on tshirts and a couple of hoodies:
Painted Pony
The Beaten Path
Retired
Spring Marsh
You can go to the arty-tees page for further details and links to amazon here.
If you have any questions, comments, feedback please feel free to leave a comment or email me.
Arty-tees
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
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07L1FBV7Z
“Whispering Palms” a plein air pastel painted at Sandsprit Park in Port Salerno
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07L3GPKFS
“Drydocked” a plein air oil painted at Indiantown Marina
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KYZSYM3
“Anchored” a plein air pastel painted on the dock of Twisted Tuna, Port Salerno
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KYBQV68
“To The Beach” a plein air oil painted at Hobe Sound Beach
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KY61HB6
“Octopus Hugs” an original watercolor illustration
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KWWRL58
“Friends” an original watercolor illustration
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KWW21XY
“Ombrelli Colorati” an original oil painting of colorful umbrellas at Hobe Sound Beach
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KXPD33M
…..more to come
Some Tuesday Oil Paintings
Dredging the Indian River – oil on panel – 9×12 – at Twin Rivers Park, Port Salerno, FL
Sandsprit Park – oil on panel – 9×12 – Port Salerno, FL
Potted – oil on panel – 9×12 – Jensen Beach, FL outside the BunkHouse Coffee Bar
Tuesday Paintings – Pastels!
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/]Â 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.
Here is the palette that seems to be working for me.
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.
Tuesday Paintings Backlog
Keep forgetting to post new paintings and although I have more to photograph I also have a file with paintings already photographed and unposted.
Tuesday Paintings
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.