Blog — oil painting

December 2, 2009

December 02, 2009 • canvas panel • daily painting • oil painting • sharonschock

I've been so distracted with my new etsy shop that I've completely forgotten to update my blog.
This whole etsy thing has gone a lot better than I expected. I've sold 9 paintings already and I haven't even been open for two weeks. There are a few new paintings that I'm excited to post, but I have to wait till they dry, fortunately I live in the driest climate ever and that happens pretty fast. For...

November 15, 2009

November 16, 2009 • canvas panel • daily painting • oil painting • original oil painting • sharonschock

The walls in our new house are still completely bare. So I was brainstorming about ways I could fill them. The thing is it's hard for me to have my own work up on the walls day after day, it makes me want to change things, or somehow make it better. So whatever I put up there is going to have to be something I reallylove. Today I completed a very small version of something I might want, I would...

November 13, 2009

November 15, 2009 • canvas panel • daily painting • oil painting • pears • sharonschock • still life

I love painting pears. They're always a different shape, they're usually a wonderful green color (at least the ones I pick are), and I think they have more personality than any other fruit. I think these two could have speech bubbles depicting their conversation.

6x6, oil on panel

SOLD

November 8, 2009

November 09, 2009 • canvas panel • daily painting • landscape • oil painting • original oil painting • sharonschock

oil on canvas panel, 5x7

SOLD

I'm going to try painting a few on hardboard. I think the texture of the canvas panel is really throwing off my groove. Maybe it will be amazing. Till tomorrow:

November 4, 2009

November 05, 2009 • canvas panel • daily painting • landscape • night scene • oil painting • sharonschock

I thought I would try my hand at another night scene. It's not my favorite one, but I did learn a few things that will help me next time.

I'm working on a series of paintings now that will all be painted pretty quickly. I want the brushstrokes to be very loose, and I want the colors to be more vibrant than they would be in real life. I also want to chose subjects that have extreme dark and light...