"Shelly Sheep" by Lynda Cookson

Shelly the sheep was a daft animal who lived in the fields next to our house in Ireland. She would occasionally find a way to go AWOL from her field and come and stare me out through my studio window, slobbering on the glass. She had that wonderful, bossy stare that those black-faced sheep seem to know how to do so well!

"Shelly Sheep"
Oil on Board
10" x 10" (25.5 x 25.5 cm)

"Shelly Sheep" by Lynda Cookson

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"A Branch of Blooms" by Lynda Cookson

This is one from a few years back (sold) where the background was created using very thinned down oils poured and dripped. The flowers and vase are palette knife painted. It still makes me smile :-)

"A Branch of Blooms" by Lynda Cookson

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"Tulips in Blue Glass" by Lynda Cookson

Two types of ink with this painting ... black ink marker and calligraphy inks, which make a stunning combination. I love the freedom, yet definition, that you can get using these two mediums together.

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 "Tulips in Blue Glass" by Lynda Cookson

Detail of "Tulips in Blue Glass" by Lynda Cookson

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Glassy Jack

 Glassy Jack - SOLD

5" x 7"  oil on panel

Glassy Jack always makes an appearance in October, gearing up for the season of falling leaves, cold nights, candy corn, shiny smiles and long shadows. He's looking for a permanent residence to share his brilliance. Could it be you?

I have a couple of glass pumpkins that seem to find their way on to table tops in the fall and provide a warm glow in the evenings.  With a small candle casting light and shadow across a surface, its a prime candidate for a small painting.

There is an illusion that glass is difficult to draw or paint. In reality, its an investment of time to observe shapes and values and patience in ensuring colours correct and in the right place.  Easier said than done, you're saying.   Like the old carpenter's rule of "Measure twice, cut once.", something similar is true in painting.  I observe much more than I paint, meaning that I look carefully a number of times, check shape and proportion, colour hue and value against the subject and my colour study, THEN I put paint on the panel.  And one stroke only, removing the knife and going on to the next stroke.

Painting Glass by Pamela Blaies

Apples and a Green Glass Bottle

14" x 11"

oil on linen

Surrounded by a sea of cool colors, the one Red Delicious apple in front tries to steal the show. But I think the star is the green glass bottle. Painting glass with all of the dimension, subtle color and reflections is challenging and fun!

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Old Fashioned - Roses still life palette knife painting by Marion Hedger

 Old Fashioned

Roses still life palette knife painting

24x30cm (approx 10x12")

Oil on MDF canvas panel
120€, international shipping included
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I enjoyed painting my Ikebana series so much, I carried on painting a couple of still lifes featuring roses. This is the first and I will post the second tomorrow.

My aim was to pay particular attention to the lost and found edges and I'm quite pleased with the effect. Unfortunately the camera always make the edges of palette knife paintings seem sharper than they are.


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Shaken Not Stirred

Shaken Not Stirred
6"x6" Original Oil on Archival Board
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Those of you who have been following me
know that I've been focusing on learning to render 
glass in oil paint. 
For the ones counting, this would be lucky #13

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Petite Painting #11 by Pamela Blaies

Red Grapes in a Glass

6" x 6"

oil on linen panel

Here is Petite Painting #11.  This painting is all about the light which seems to bounce all over this painting.  I toned the linen a bright red to start out. I think this really made a difference in the red grapes looking luminous, since the reddest-red was directly applied to the white canvas.  I used the palette knife to highlight the grapes, stem and the cup's shadow and was able to get the glass to really light up with crisp, thick pure white highlights.

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