Back By Request, My Paintings :)

Hey Ya'll,

I also had requests from a few of you to see my paintings.  I posted them wayyy back in December, but I am re-posting them so that no one has to go searching the hundreds of posts to find it!!  LOL  So, without further ado, here they are!  Please remember that I am a beginner & I only began painting about 1-1.5 yrs ago & I have only completed 7 Paintings & I would like to think that I get a bit better with each one (with the exception of one).  I also am in the process of painting 3 others.  I will post a photo of each for your critique.

This is my first completed painting, which my Mother and Father-In-law wanted as soon as they heard that I was painting it.  I loosely based it on a photo from a Calendar.

My second painting, that I gave to my Step-Daughter Kat.  This was loosely based on a painting I saw in our local Aaron Bros.  Everyone that saw it, says they liked my version better.  I have since tried to get Kat to let me redo the Palm Fronds, but she will not have it!  She likes it the way it is.

My third painting.  It was based on several photographs of Lake Tahoe taken by my Mother-In-Law & seamlessly pieced together by my Father-In-Law.  The photo took 2nd place in Nevada Magazine.  It should have taken first.

My fourth painting that I loosely based on Kat's painting, with some changes.  This painting was for one of my BFF's Kelly.  

My fifth painting.  Also based on the Lake Tahoe photo.  I like the mountains & rock in the foreground better, but I didn't do as well on the reflection in the lake, & I think the colors in the original painting matches the photograph better.  I am still trying to learn how to do reflections!!  This painting was for our friend Jerone, who was our Flight Instructor.

Here is a photo showing the actual Framed Photograph of Lake Tahoe on top, then the two paintings based on it.  Christa's in the middle, & Jerone's on the bottom.  Here you can really see the difference in the colors between the two paintings.

My sixth painting that I painted for my other BFF Nadene.  She requested a Butterfly, so this was my first attempt at something other than water & sand!!  I wanted to test paint a Rose that I placed in the right hand corner, for Mom's painting.

And of course, my Mom's Rose Vase.  It is my seventh painting.  This one I used photographs of different Roses & pieced them all together.  I know the leaves are horrible, but what the hell, I am not very good at leaves yet.  I forgot to take a photo of it in its frame before we gave it to my Mom.  I chose this background color as it is one of her favorite colors.  And Roses are her favorite flowers.  I Love You Mom <3

This shows some of the sketches I did of a few of the Roses, and the actual sketch of the Rose Vase that is taped to the wall.

This photo is of the the sketches I have made for our friend Aggie's painting.  Walt said that Aggie wanted a painting of flowers, since I love Plumeria Blossoms, I have chosen to paint them.  I just hope she likes it.  And I hope it turns out at least half as well as it has the potential to be.

And this is a painting in progress.  It will be for my Daughter Christa.  It is based on her photograph that she took of the California Coastline, North of Monterey.  The photo is of course on the left, and my painting is on the right.  I still have manyyyy hours left on it.  But someday it will be finished!!  I promise Christa!!

And this is the start of my latest painting (or work in progress).  It will also be based on the Lake Tahoe photograph, but much larger!  About twice the size in fact.

So far, I have yet to get to keep one of my paintings!  Anyway ya'll, I need to get to bed soon, so I need to get off here and start getting myself working towards bed.  Hopefully I will be in bed by 3:30 this morning, which will be earlier than the last two nights!  Till next time....

Aloha My Friends  :)