Ho-hum paintings…

 

The first one is sketchbook size, the second one 9x9 on good paper. But I just feel the second has lost the sense of light. And the wall of ivy continues to stymie me— how to suggest it without painting every frigging leaf…

Finished tree. This one is not so ho hum, I like the blue and yellow, the shadow on the building. Kind of a wonky composition tho…But I like the saturation of color here — that’s what I feel I’m not achieving in above paintings. I guess I just have to go in with more paint in the beginning. I don’t have the patience for painting a million

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It’s a baby! She’s 8 months old and I haven’t painted her once! And she’s so cute!