Farmville

Went with my imagination on this one, and used heavy brush strokes to kind of achieve an impressionistic look. I like it! 6x12

Cornucopia

Happy Thanksgiving Oil on Blog enthusiasts!

Today I have painted for you a wonderfully bountiful cornucopia in honor of turkey day. I wish I could be back in the States with my family to celebrate, but making my 2nd thanksgiving feast of the season should hopefully make me feel a little more comfortable. (We celebrated Canadian Thanksgiving in October.) 10x12

Forrest Path

This is the last of my reserve paintings, I'll have some new ones to put up soon, including a Thanksgiving special tomorrow! In the meantime, check this out:

Another painting inspired from my book. I like the way the foreground shadows stand out against the brightly lit middleground. Agreed? Thought so. 10x12

Coffee Mug

...And here's a coffee mug.

Keys

Building, top lock, bottom lock, bixi, mailbox. 4x6

Mischa & Louie

So my mom's friend asked me to paint Mischa and Louie, her two Bichon Frisés. She sent me a pic of each and I did my best. I'm actually really happy with how they turned out. She saw the jpegs of the paintings and mistook them for the photos. Not a bad compliment! They are both 10x12.

Here's Mischa

Here's Louie

Lamp post

I've been wanting to paint something like this after many nights walking through Parc Lafontaine. During a couple weeks, the leaves all turned yellow, and at night the lamp posts would light them up brilliantly against the darkness.

Hilltop Village

Here's a landscape I painted with inspiration from my book. It's got pretty light, but the author's is a lot better.

Leaf

Here's the leaf painting!

Studio tour

Hey guys, I thought I'd upload a picture of my amazing studio here in Montreal. The apartment is quite small, so I'm painting out of this little corner in the living room. Its not too impressive, but it works well. The big windows to the right bring in superb lighting on most days and offer nice views of the city from 16 stories up. You can see my easel there holding a painting of a leaf (said leaf is on the black chair). My palette is resting on the leg of the easel, and my brushes and paint are on the chair to the right. Its all resting on a tablecloth in hopes of keeping my mess contained. You can see some of my other paintings lying around. Some are from practice and some are destined for this blog, so stay tuned!

Fruit & Bottle

I copied someone else's composition for this one...sorry. Anyway, I'm happy with how believable the glass turned out.

Cottage

Here is a nice little cottage. I have a book by Steve Allrich, and from that came inspiration to paint this.

Flowers

Here is my first attempt at painting like an impressionist. I've got a long ways to go, although I'm happy with some of the flowers up front.

Milk

Here's a Milk Carton. I thought it was actually quite difficult to paint, but I liked the warm light coming in from behind.

Apples

I thought I'd kick this painting blog off with a classic still life. Apples are not only interesting enough, they are easy to paint!