A Couple of White Roses in black, white & gray

"White Rose Two"  8" x 5.5"  Charcoal, gesso, conte on paper

"White Rose Two" is my second attempt with this little rose in a bottle after chatting with Derek Jones about gesso, paper and charcoal as mediums. I will definitely continue exploring this combination and maybe I will become as proficient as he is!

"White Rose One"  8" x 5.5"   Vine charcoal, conte on paper

"White Rose One" is my first attempt. Definitely a different look and feel.

These two are little studies I'm doing before the big brush painting I'm going to do.

In the meantime.... check out this video of the Maid of Honor toast given at one of the most beautiful and fun weddings I've attended!

Maid of Honor Toast by Brooke Bodner
Oh, just click on this photo to see the video on youtube.

And now as Myra would say.... "Bye bye."

-JanettMarie

Number 100! Café Blanco'

42" x 42" acrylic on canvas... white on white

Number 100, I know, I can't believe it. It's white on white, "Café Blanco'", very white. Number 98 and 100 make a nice pair. In the video that I posted of the open house, you get a glimpse of both these paintings. This one looks like a blank canvas or blank space in the video, but is is not. It is... the white coffee cup.

Need a little color? I did too after that, so I give to you a celebration painting....... a toast! To 100 Coffee Cups Paintings and the fun we had with this series!

18"x14" mixed media on canvas

This is titled "Thirsty" and I actually finished and sold it on April 27th. This painting and a few others that were hanging around it, gave me the inspiration for my next series of 100 paintings. 

"Spirits"... I've painted drink paintings that are mixed with spirits, figurative paintings that are spiritual and sometimes I paint where my spirit takes me! 

I was talking to Prairie Jill about this next series and she summed it up very well with the following words:  "Ooh, Spirits - I like that. Let's see, free spirits (like those wonderful abstract women you paint), blithe spirits, alcoholic spirits, ghostly spirits. Oh, yeah!! "

For now, I thought I would take 100 days of vacation with no expectation! This doesn't mean I won't paint.... I just may not paint anything I'm expecting (or is that expected?) to paint that is a part of any series!

Where is that cake Myra sent me? Mmmmm.... M&M's...... Thanks Myra!

Oh, I love chocolate! So good with coffee.....

-jM

"Ghost of Coffee Past"

12"x12" mixed media on canvas 

Big brush, little bottle of paint, how's that for a bigger coffee cup painting! This is painting number 98 and since it's the "Ghost of Coffee Past" it only seems appropriate that I show you a quick movie of the open house from this past month! I did edit out a bit of the party, but I think you can still get the idea of the festivities from the two days!

Click on this link for the Youtube video of the Party!

I invite everyone to attend next year!

-jM

"One Martini for Me"

7"x5" oil on paper

This small one martini is painted on paper and I used water soluble oil paint! They are great! I'm amazed.
While using them I added water to thin them down as if I were using acrylic and when the painting was finally dry it is like oil paint. So cool! I used the Winsor & Newton Artisan brand.

Tomorrow..."Extra Special Just For You!"

-jM

"Reading Tea Leaves"

11"x15" mixed media on paper

Do you remember when Harry Potter took the class at Hogwart's and Sybill Trelawney taught them to read tea leaves?

What do you see?

-jM