"Magnetic 85"

6"x6" mixed media on paper mounted on panel

Why is this magnetic? The apple stem in this painting is a strip of a magnet that I cut to make a piece fit on the back of an itty bitty.... I couldn't waste it, so I put it on this painting! This painting has some texture going on and then not so much..... maybe I should call this "Weird Apple" ....

Fifteen more and counting down.....

-jM

"ApplePear"

6"x6" mixed media on paper mounted on panel

Have you seen them at the grocery store? It's an ApplePear! Oh they are good eating too!

This is number 81. It has a little spot of gold leaf on the bottom right of the applepear so it automatically became a mixed media piece, hmmm.... just like that!

Counting down the paintings and trying not to think ahead about what number 100 will look like, I just know it will be big!  : )

-jM
PS: Happy birthday Kathleen!

"Pink Punch"

6"x6" mixed media on paper mounted on a panel

Apple painting number 76, "Pink Punch" because... see the white-ish line on the right side of this apple? It is actually a bright pink that doesn't record well.... scan or photograph, with out me spending way too much time on it! Another one of those..."Oh, you really need to see it in person".... 76... 76... 76!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

-jM

"74... 26 More"

74... yes 26 more, I'm approaching the finish line, I can almost see it!

Sure have been learning a lot by doing this series. All the different materials and techniques I've been trying... wow! Also, just when I think a painting is not going to come around it does... thank goodness, else I'd want to quit! No quitting allowed!

Here is a black and white version, I was checking my tonalities, you know, the lights and darks and middle tones.... how did I do?

Yesterday, I taught a "Cookies and Canvas" to about 26 kids, well, maybe 23, I think I had three adults participating with their small painters too. It was fun, one of the painters asked me if I was "famous". I said "Not yet" and smiled... thinking... not yet...

I'll post a picture or two when they become available on the Wine&Canvas face book site.

It's Sunday, the beginning of an new week!! More apples and itty bitty paintings coming!

-jM

"Finding My Way #57"

Mixed media on paper 6"x6", apple number 57. Seems like I just need to put a leaf on some of the apples, so I do....

Anything else today? Maybe... it is fun Friday, please have fun!

-jM