Another landscape

 

 

 

The Little Pond, Pearson Farm

6x6

oil on canvas panel

65.00

Daily Paintworks

http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/connie-snipes/the-little-pond-pearson-farm/336326

 

 

 

 

Another landscape--I'm on a roll! I have painted this little pond several times.  It is just in the perfect place as relation to light.  There're always a good reflection no matter what time of day and usually a nice glow on the tree.

 

I plan to paint landscapes for a week or two and then switch to a new series.  Hope you will come back, or better yet, follow me.

 

Connie

Painting Landscapes

Afternoon Pasture

8x8

80.00

Daily Paintworks
http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/connie-snipes/afternoon-pasture/335607
sold
 

Well, that's a pretty small photo.  I did click on large but I

suppose the camera ignored me.

About painting landscapes--I do love to paint landscapes, expecially

ones with water of some sort.  I also read one time that landscapes

are the most popular sellers.  I'm not sure I entirely aggree with

that.  I think the best selling paintings are the

best paintings regardless of the genre.

Painting in the country, plein air

 

 

 

Hay Bales in the Field

8x10

Daily Paintworks

 

http://www.dailypaintworks.com/buy/auction/330759

 

 

 

 

This was painted roadside and en plein air.  It was a lovely day and I enjoyed every minute of it.

The air was fragrant and the temperature was neither cold nor hot.  I am a terrible wuss about

painting in uncomfortable weather.  I do admire those plein air painters who walk 5 miles up a mountain, with all their painting gear, to find that perfect place regardless of the elements.  Not me!

 

 

 

 

 



Small and Collectable

 

 

 

Serenity at the Lake

6x8

70.00

email me or check it out on Facebook

and/or Daily Paintworks

http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/connie-snipes/serenity-at-the-lake/332586

 

 

 

I have been reading Carol Marine's book which tells, among other things,

her life as a painting a day artist.  She suggests that people like to

collect small painting and display them in a group which would

take the same space as a large painting.

 

The great thing about the collecting is that most painting are under 150.00

and can be collected over time rather than a big cash outlay

at one time.

 

 

Connie

 



Painting Figures is Hard

 

 

Skater Dude

9x11



http://www.dailypaintworks.com/artists/connie-snipes-1841/artwork

 

 

 

I was recently reminded that I have not posted on my

blog since April.  (You know who you are, Kathy!)

 

It's not that I have not been painting.  I paint everyday, but for

some unknown reason I grew weary of the blog and

just ignored it.  Anyway, I am back again and

totally resolve to do better.

 

 Skater Dude shows up much too blue on my screen.  I only

hope that it looks more balanced on yours.

 

It was a fun painting-painted from a photograph of

some young men on their boards having a blast.   I have

several more I can work from and intend to do a

series.

 

Painting figures is the hardest, in my opinion.  If you make a barn a little

too long or high, no one knows.  If you make an arm too long

or a head too big for a body, it sticks out like a sore

thumb.  (That expression courtesy of my mother.)

Just the smallest wrong proportion mistake

and it will be spotted immediately.

So...I try to work on a figure at least once a week

so that I'll get better, plus I love to paint people.

 

Hope you'll come back to look at my blog now that

I have reformed .

 

Connie