Linda Hunt

This is a FineTec watercolor painting on black watercolor paper.  I am so obsessed with this paint because it lends itself to a painterly application.  You can find this painting at www.lindahuntfineart.com

This oil painting is 6x6 inches on Gessobord.....finally getting back to painting after the loss of my dog.  It just takes time!!  Wishing you all a joyous season as we go through the coming days....

This is quick little study done on Arches oil paper.  It is 11 3/4"x 8".  One of the tips that I learned from my recent DVD was to wash the surface with a light coat of linseed oil before painting...the paint glides so much easier.  You can purchase the painting here .

This is a commission....6"x 6" on Gessobord.

Big post today....let's just say I saw the light!!!....hahaha.....simplify.....simplify.....simplify......my tendency is to get too caught in the weeds.....so yesterday was a day of clearer thinking and seeing!!

I haven't been painting much because of my surgery so this was a way for me to relax and just enjoy the process.

I used  all of the things that I have been learning in this painting.  It was lots of fun.  I love my bristle brushes....what a difference.

I love the look, feel, taste and smell of candy orange slices....I love them so much that I ate every bag that I brought into my studio until I decided that to stop this behavior I would spray the inside of the candy bag with varnish......well, these will remain forever untouched.  I am charting a new course with this full month of paintings.  I am going to play with the color and application of paint to satisfy my own inner rhythm....the color is a bit dull because I photographed in my studio under halogen lighting after daylight had long since disappeared.  Tomorrow I will photograph again and post.  I also made a slight change that I like much better.  I just photographed and the colors are correct now.

Another revisit....liking it very much.

I revisited this painting because I grew to despise that way that it was....I am happier with this one even though it is very expressive.  I worked with a 3 color palette which may not have been as successful of a color coordination as I would have liked.  I just could get the darks as dark as I wanted or the color range I desired.  I used Cobalt Blue, Cad Red Med, Cad Yellow Deep.  and Titanium white. Mainly, I wanted to let you know that I am working with the block that I have been experiencing and feel that this was a good start.

Revisited this painting and am much more pleased....just let it happen and try not to direct everything...a lesson learned over and over again.

I am going to continue making my collage pieces until they no longer interest me.  AND.....I am going to focus on drawing again.  It has been a long time since I have been actively drawing just to draw.  It is incredibly good practice.  I will be starting a triple portrait commission in a few weeks and think that the drawing will help in that process.  I see a huge error in my composition with the black vase right behind the white vase....uggghhhhhh....well I will have be be more vigilant on my next drawing.  I also worked this drawing to death which I like but, it may not appeal to everyone.  The vase is my hobnail green vase and it was a lot of fun to draw although I had to really work the surface to get the right values.

This is a little 9"x 12" oil painting that I have been working on for months and have finally brought it to a conclusion.  Anyway, I think it is done.  I need to evaluate over time.

I immediately fell in love with this huge red hydrangea.  I know that it was dyed, but gosh, it is just gorgeous.  Red is my favorite color.....!   This is painted on an 8"x 8" Clayboard.....and I hate the surface of the clay board...it just sucks all the oil out of the paint.  I will never buy this again.  Any of you have similar results?  I thought I was buying Gessoboard which I love.

Finally folks, I have a painting.....I am overjoyed that I hung in there with this one.  I have learned so much about color as value and the introduction of grays.  My composition was just not working until I added a few more lemons and involved the foreground of the painting.  There were tears of utter frustration until I made break through after break through.  I am finally excited about painting again.  What have I learned?  Patience, persistence, looking, studying, analyzing, tenacity and willingness to leave what works and move on...... Oh......the painting is 20"x 20" on stretched canvas

I am evaluating this painting....it is a little rough....there are things that I like and some that I am not sure of.  Getting the drawing right for some reason was a real bear.  As always, things could change.....?  I am trying to find more color notes throughout the entire painting.

I know that you have seen this one before and I was never satisfied....given what I am learning and acknowledging about myself I went into it one last time.  Now, I LOVE it.  Learning to trust ones instincts is a big step forward.  At least it has been for me.  I decided that using thick paint isn't a curse!!!  I wish that my red chair still existed...but it doesn't.  There is a purple chair at the thrift store that I have my eye on and I just may get it.  It took me many days to get this composition right back when I put it together...that is a key element  to success.  There are times when you want to paint so badly and taking the time to lay out a good workable composition takes so much time!  But, a word to the wise...take all the time that it requires. Oh, and by the way....it is not a sin to use black.  I make mine from alizarin crimson, ultramarine blue, and cad yellow med.  It takes a bit of mixing to get just the ri...

Trying something a little different...........

This is a 9"x 12" oil painting on stretched canvas with thick buttery paint.  The colors are not quite right.....but close.  I may have to have my husband do a callibration on the colors of the monitor.  The painting will be for sale in my Etsy shop.

This is a small 4"x 6" oil painting on a Gessobord.  I have a computer now....new to Windows 10 and having to make adjustments with the camera etc.  Will post now on a more regular basis.  This painting is for sale in my Etsy shop.