By the Light of the Harvest Moon... # 6 of 60 in 60 for $60

Sure was a tough one tonight! I am trying to paint lighter but this is one I had set aside because I didn't know how to finish it. All I had was the tree limb and some green background and I knew it needed more. Initially, it was going to be about texture, but the little bird told me it wanted to perch there!

I really like working on this surface, an Ampersand gessoboard panel! Guess I need to order some more...(since I am selling a few more paintings.)

                                                    By the light of the Harvest Moon
                                                         5 x 7" oil on panel
                                                                $60

Traveling Teapot..... #5 in the 60 in 60 for $60

Today was a lesson in glazes and scumbling. I had this started (from probably at least a year ago) so I knew it was good and dry and decided to take a try at finishing it. I had used a bristle brush to paint the initial stages and on the gessoed panel, you could see every brush mark and the paint was very transparent in most places. I used a medium of Zest-it and linseed oil 50/50 to try this. I like the way it worked. In some places I used more medium for thinner glazes and then very little when I worked with opaques, like cad red light and cad yellow.

This teapot was purchased in Vermont and made it home in my suitcase with only one small break on the spout. I love the shape and color!

 

Remember, this price is good only through October...

 

Traveling Teapot

9 x 12"

oil on panel

 

$60

 

 

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Caught in the Act!............ #4 in the 60 in 60 for $60

I know, I should have stayed home from the auction and painted instead, but that darling little sewing machine spoke to me! Unfortunately, it went for way more than my pocketbook held; guess I wasn't meant to have it.

So to the studio I went after a very late supper and this bluebird decided it was the challenge tonight. I had a real special time with friends the day we sat and photographed these bluebirds! Eventually, the sun came out for a little bit, so I will probably paint a couple more.

I had a panel surface that I had applied some heavy impasto to and then smoothed over, leaving an interesting texture. I cut down the panel to paint this little 6 x 6....

                 

 

Caught in the Act.....

6 x 6" approx.

oil on panel

 

 

This Storm shall also pass....#3 in the '60 in 60 for $60'

I truly believe that we are given hardships and challenges as a way to build character and as a way to gauge  the good times. How else will we know?

This was started in a workshop from a friend's photo. I only had an hour to work on it and knew it wasn't finished. Today I pulled it out and this is how I chose to complete it. Some of the simplest things can be the most difficult to render!

 

This Storm shall also pass........

 

9 x 12" oil on panel

$60

 

 

#2 in 60 paintings in 60 days for $60 ....2013

Great deals coming your way! I have decided that I have many paintings that I need to 'complete' and add finishing to, so I am including them in this venture! We all win; I get some marked off my 'to do' list and you get some even more valuable paintings for this great price!

I will still be doing new paintings, too. Planning a wide variety, so hopefully you will find that special one that you just HAVE to make yours, Remember though, this special is only good through October 30, so if you are planning any gift giving, BUY NOW!

          
                                                    The Children's Garden
                                                                         ...6 x8" oil on panel
                                                                       

60 paintings/60days/$60 Day #1

Maybe I am a little crazy, but here goes. To get me painting more and giving you a great deal, I am going to attempt to paint 60 paintings in 60 days and you get the chance to purchase them for only $60!

It is good to work with an  'attitude of gratitude' and that is my motivation for this challenge. So many of you have been so wonderful to me that I want to keep 'paying it forward'.

I will be doing a bit of travel during this tremendous challenge, so for those of you that love the west, be sure to watch as many of these paintings will be done on location from Denver to Wyoming.

One will be from the Wagon Box Ranch for sure, as we mentor the students from Dubois, Wyoming, middle school and high school.

Here is day #1.......HURRY! at only $60 for an original oil painting, these will go quickly...

 

Aspens among the cottonwoods  

9 x 12" oil on panel

 

$60 special

 

 

Courthouse Butte Rock, Sedona, AZ

Nature pulls at your heartstrings when in Sedona, AZ! Your spirit soars as you take in the rhapsody of such beauty. All around, there is another breath-taking sight to behold. Even when the weather turns bad, it is incredible, for the purity of the air provides for dramatic lighting not often seen elsewhere.

For an artist and/or photographer, it is almost overload the first time you visit. I have since been back several times and am just now able to attempt to record that beauty in paint. I was priveledged to return to Sedona with my daughter, Missy, and her family. What a feast for the soul as we watched the sun set from the airport as it cast it's golden fire on Coffepot Rock and Courthouse Butte!

'Courthouse Butte'   (Sedona, AZ)       oil on panel 9 x 12"          $300



This original oil painting can grace your wall if you are the first to press the button!

Keep watching; I will soon post the painting of Cathedral Rock.

Thank you for letting me be a part of your day.... -Ruth Ann