Inner peace -daily painting, beach scene, yoga

6x6" oil.

Chris -portraits

14x18" oil. Chris - another portrait from my monday open painting group. First time ive had to tackle glasses and that was a challenge.
So fun painting people...

Nate -portraits,figurative,teens

18x24" oil.
Nate -
the colors in this are much richer than the photo shows but it is toooooo nice out to stay in and fiddle with it... so here it is...

Warrior two - yoga poses, beach

6x6" oil

Warrior one - yoga poses, beach

6x6 oil.
Warrior One. I always paint on a surface that is not white. This little painting is a good example of that. See around the clouds - that orangey color showing through? - that is the color of the panel and I just love that effect.
Orange is my go -to ground color for most paintings - a habit picked up in art school that has never left. Many artists switch the background color to a warm or cool color depending on the overall tone of the final painting. Ex - cool blue background with a warm toned painting.
Not me - I'm happy with bright orange :) in most cases - the Sofia painting was painted on a very pale umber because a lightness effect was the point...
try it! experiment with different colored backgrounds - you just might like the results.

Om ... daily painting,yoga,beach

6x6" oil.
OM......

Sofia - portraits

21x18" oil
Sofia - another portrait - just cant stop myself :)
- Sofia in the sun - with that gorgeous head of hair and the most perfect oval face ever
- oh to be 16

Walk with Me - daily painting, children at the beach

6x6" oil

Triangle Pose - yoga poses,beach scenes

6x6" oil.
Triangle pose. Ahhhh, yoga at the beach - i could use a little of that right now...

Molly - portraits,children

16x20" oil. Theres a great cast of characters that frequent Chez Miller and Molly has been a regular over the years. Love having another girl around especially one with such spunk!
Think this captures her spirit a bit. - thanks Mols!!

Little Shadow Dance -daily painting,children playing at the beach

6x6" oil

Little Beach -daily painting,beach scene

6x6" oil. Everyone could use a little beach right now. Cold and raw and snowy/rainy here today - perfect for photographing art outside ;) and painting the beach! inside of course.

been sidetracked by all the people painting, but fear not - the little beach scenes are never far and Ive got a few for the next few days

Derek -portrait,oil,figurative

16x20" oil. Derek. loving my monday night painting group. heres a link to one of the painters from the group Rob Rey