Door County Bound!

In a few weeks I will be making the trek up to Door County... first and foremost, I will be participating in Viva's Vintage Market!  I can't wait to see everyone!

I will be bringing "Mabel", our little travel trailer, with me and staying in a campground while scoping out the various artists participating in the Door County Plein Air Fest which begins the following week.

Tonight I pulled out my painting supplies. I have not picked up a brush in almost a year... here is the result of my 5x7 practice piece, after about 20 minutes...It is a view, from memory, from Clark Park in Fish Creek!

    I hope to see you in Door County July 20th through 28th

                 Cheers,

                      Martha

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Saturday daily paintings

Original piece is of

The Door County boat on the dock.

Then I try to use up the paint on my palette.

Enjoy!

Original oil, wood board 4x4 unframed $95.00

Original oil, wood board 4x4 unframed$40.00 

Original oil, 4x4 wood canvas board $48.00

A Few Hours and Some Canvas

Had Tuesday off...
thought I would take advantage of the color mixing tutorial I received from Tom Brown, plein air artist out of California.

I found a photo I took last Summer on a trip up North.
A beautiful Red Barn in a sea of Summer color.  There was a special Barn Quilt Project going on when I shot the photo, that is what you see depicted on the front of the barn.
 
I finally Pulled out my Oil paints and Palette.
a little 5 x 7 canvas board...
(this photo was fresh off the easel... with some drying time, the colors will become more vibrant in a photo)

Here is the result!

A Sunny Day Composition

Last weekend I decided to organize my oil paints, pull them in from the frozen tundra of my "studio" and let them warm up a bit.  It has been far to long since I have had the chance to fill my palette with color and just paint for the fun of it!

Pulled out a 24"x 36" Gallery Wrapped canvas and my favorite brushes... and began to paint!
                           I love the color and am pleased with the result

The day after painting it in Oils... I received a package that I had ordered a week before, from a gal on Etsy.
She creates little plates she calles "Madge Dishes".   Each has been vibrantly painted and when she fires each,
she places a marble or two inside... the result... delightful!

I was thinking of doing something like the photo below...

this photo courtesy of Madgedishes.etsy.com 

But... After hanging her little plates on my living room wall, and noticing how some of my fun flower blooms (from the painting above) looked similar to her plates, I had a change of heart.
Now I think I will create an entire display using my painting and the plates she created!

 When Tony and I move our room downstairs, I will create an art wall... incorporating both the plates and my colorful floral!
      I can't wait!