painting from life
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Glass with a Sea Conch Still Life Painting
Here’s one of the first oil painting I attempted. It’s a simple still life of some glass objects and sea conch. I’m surprised it turned out alright as I had no idea what I am doing. However, the mystery of translucent objects has evaded my hand in this painting. I hope to attempt this some
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Sunset at the Lake in Texas, original oil painting
Beauty of living in the south is the warmth of all seasons. Summer is for fun, and the rest of the year is for work! Now that it’s cooling down, I can get out and paint more often. Here’s a place in my neighborhood that I like to paint. It’s a quiet small lake with
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Apple and Pear on the Table, oil painting
I continue to experiment with small still life setups, like this pear painting. However, this time I chose two subjects. The apple and pear are the best of friends, especially in a pie! Anyway, let’s stay on topic here! I tried to make the apple to be the focal point of this painting. The pear
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Texan Cornflowers, gouache painting
I love wildflowers, and when I came to Texas and saw fields of bluebonnets, cornflowers, and other beautiful flowers, I fell in love with spring! Now that I have a small garden, I planted a few cornflowers. The beauty of wildflowers is that they keep coming back year after year. I wish people would stop
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Three Raspberries, watercolor painting
Raspberries are tiny, but complex little creations. Originally, I planned to paint several more, but I decided to simplify the task at hand and ate some 😀 They were very tasty, and I feel like I’m not going to paint any more of them 🙂 While this small watercolor is just a sketch, I do
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Juicy Pear, watercolor painting
This year, my paintings are dominated by various pears. In this painting, I decided to make the pear as juicy as possible. I keep painting them because it feels like more can be done or something can be improved. At the same time, I study the form in general. The question is how to make
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Star gourd, watercolor painting
Every fall, my mom gets me a small net of gourds of different shapes. I really enjoy having them around the house and to paint them. Here’s another gourd painting! I wanted to make my watercolor paintings more vivid, so this one turned out with fairly high contrast. Do you like when watercolor paintings are
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Duckling gourd, watercolor painting
One night I was set to paint some gourds, and… Doesn’t this gourd looks like an adorable duckling on its back? ^_^; I think with everything that’s going on, we could use a little of cuteness! I used watercolors to paint this little one. It’s 8.5 by 5.5 inches and painted on 138lb paper.
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Yellow gourd, watercolor painting
The beauty of pumpkins and gourds is in how long one can keep them without spoiling. Whenever I’m low on fruits or veggies, I turn to these! They come in variety of shapes and colors, and they’re just fun to paint in general. This time, I decided to make a painting of this yellow gourd.
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Three persimmons, watercolor painting
Here’s a first fruity still life in the series! It’s a painting of three persimmons. These persimmons came from my mom’s garden and were very tasty! ^.^ I haven’t used watercolors in years, but now it felt like I want to experiment with them. I also always feel upset for eating all of the beautiful