Linda Hunt

Awww the tulips were in the grocery store ad I couldn't resist.  I bought the creamiest ones I could find........12"x 12"......canvas.....oil..... www.lindahuntfineart.com ...........I am reminded over and over again just how important the initial layout of a painting is.  Accurate, yet loose drawing in the beginning and then establishing your pattern of values.  I have been using Vermilion and Alizarin Crimson to to the drawing and light washes of values.  I like this because the color is easily absorbed into the painting.  I purposefully kept the color range narrow.  It is funny where one finds inspiration for a color scheme.  I took it from the cover of the latest Living Magazine.  It worked beautifully. Let the beauty of what you love be what you do. Rumi

Love, love, love this little painting....sometimes things just happen right.  This painting is for sale in my Etsy shop ......

This was a 60 minute study...it is small and done in oil on Gessobord.  I enjoyed working quickly and want to try another one today with what I learned.

I am not very good at cross hatching which I am sure shows but, I am determined to learn so please bear with me.  In really good drawings there is a lovely glow which I am trying to work toward.  I like this though as a rather crude attempt.  I am searching the values.  I never did learn to draw in an academic sense.  Where I learned to draw the focus was on abstract expressionist drawing which is wholly different.  So I guess on my bucket list is to learn this!

This little painting is the DPW pick of the day!!  The painting is 6"x 6" on a stretched canvas.  I tried some new things in this painting.  I quieted the background brushwork and added warmth to the foreground.  I wanted to capture the glow of the fruit and amplified the color.