The Dog Days Of Summer, oil on canvas, 9"x12". For sale on etsy.
Here's a good example of how I can start a painting with a specific idea and how it completely morphs into something else. This was supposed to have been my bee painting, as I discussed in an earlier post, but then something happened and it turned into a watermelon and dog themed piece. One never knows where a painting will end up. I'll try and reconfigure the bees into something else.
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I suppose I'm a big cheater. When faced with the task of baking two cakes, I ran out and purchased two boxes of Betty Crocker cake mixes. Then, to make it taste homemade, I made the icing from scratch. No one could tell that it wasn't all homemade. I had a fun time with the photo shoot so there will be some more cake paintings in the future....
The Poodles Adore Pastries, 10"x14", oil on canvas. Sold.
Thought I would end my week on a cute note. I saw the poodle salt and pepper shakers in Be Joyful Vintage's shop and thought that they were the missing piece to a painting that had been rolling around in my head. Strangely enough, the owner of Be Joyful Vintage just happened to be visiting the city that I live in that very day to see a play. Talk about meant to be. So after a few quick emails she was able to drop them off personally at the bookshop. Such great service!
I don't think I mentioned earlier, but it's my husband's birthday week....yes, he seems to get a birthday week. Not sure how that started. So I'll be taking the rest of the week off from posting to cater to his demands. Thankfully, they seem to be all food based and nothing that involves sports or watching his terrible 1970's Italian thriller films that he loves to haul out. Tonight it's an Indian restaurant, which is way, waaaay better than the McDonald's picnic that we had earlier in the week. I also have to bake a couple of cakes (long story) but I'll be able to photograph them for a painting that I have planned so all is not lost.
I hope you have a fabulous and cake filled weekend too!
A Tempting Trio, oil paint on paper, 5"x7". Sold
Sometimes for the sake of art you have to roll up your sleeves and pose for your own paintings. Here are some outtakes for a painting that I'll be working on for next week. I'm not much of a model and tend to goof off which often leads to falling and hurting myself. Hopefully it will all be worth it in the end. It will be a bee and shoe themed piece and thankfully I didn't need to pose with actual bees. Although, I did get to model my Nathalie Lete skirt that I purchased at Anthropologie last week so that made it all worth while....!
July 21, 2010 | Filed in: Janet Hill, Random, dresses, shoes
