Breakfast in oils

Enjoyed painting this one. Painting the egg was interesting as I had to think about what colours to mix together to get  the right colour for the shell.  I also loved painting the egg cup and tea cup.

Breakfast measures 6 x 6 inches and is painting on Ampersand Gessobord.

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Country Cottage in oils

This was one of the views of the Bed and Breakfast that I stayed at when on holiday in Tasmania in 2007. It was the old railway station (built in 1838) that was used to offload supplies before they were transported to the prison site at Port Arthur.  Hence the name of the B&B is Norfolk Bay Convict Station (http://www.convictstation.com).  The Port Arthur Historic site was only a 10 minute drive away.  (http://www.portarthur.org.au).  I love visiting Tasmania - there is so much to see and do at different times of the year. 

Country Cottage measures 6 x 6 inches and is painted on Ampersand Gessobord.

Cherry ACEO in Acrylics

I enjoy painting this Cherry ACEO.   The only problem I had painting  it was that I had to use acrylic paints and it was very hot yesterday so the paints  were drying out rather quickly.  I eventually put the air conditioner on which help a bit. Fortunately it has cooled down again today.

Cherry ACEO is painted on 300gsm Arches Smooth Watercolour paper and measures 2.5 x 3.5 inches (6.4 x 8.9 cm).

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Country Lane in oils

I visited Oatlands, Tasmania in 2011 and this is the lane that leads to the Callington mill (https://callingtonmill.com.au).   The restoration of the mill was completed in 2010 and it is a working mill .  You can buy flour that has been grind in the mill.  The bakery also uses the flour grind in the mill to make bread etc so it was rather nice to have lunch at the bakery knowing that the bread was made from the flour grind at the mill.   Oatlands  is a lovely little town with so many of the beautiful old sandstone building still standing.

Country Lane measures 6 x 6 inches and is painting in Ampersand Gessobord.

Gala Apple 2 in oils

Decided to do another painting of the gala apple as I love the fact that it still has it's leaf attached.  Was interesting painting a green leaf against a green background - amazing how many variations of greens that can be mixed. 

Gala Apple 2 measures 6 x 6 inches and is painting on Ampersand Gessobord.

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Swans in Oils

I love the vibrant colours of the water reflections in this one.  Was fun painting the swans too.  Got me thinking that I must go and take some photos of the black swans that live on the lake just down the road from me.  Just need the weather to settle down a bit - would be nice to have a few days of just sunshine but so far this month it has been partly cloudy with showers.

Swans measures 7 x 5 inches and is painted on Ampersand Gessobord.

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Many thanks to Jane Best for the reference photo.

Watermelon Slice in Oils

I am really happy with this one. I decided to paint the watermelon at an angle and I love the 3d effective that I created.

Watermelon Slice measures 6 x 6 inches and is painted on Ampersand Gessbord.