Painting of the Day, Daily Paintings by Delilah: 2011

Saturday, December 31, 2011

New Years Resolutions

Start the Year

About This Painting: Santa and the elves kick back and enjoy the sunshine, But it is a new year and time to get in shape for Christmas 2012. All those cookies have added a few pounds so a little muscle pumping on the beach is needed.

This is a 5x7 oil painting and painting it Alla Prima with so many figures was very difficult.

Start the Year
5x7
oil on canvas mounted on a museum quality panel

Media: oil painting

Size: 7 in X 5 in (17.8 cm X 12.7 cm)

Price: $100 USD

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Friday, December 30, 2011

Seascape Painting

Art by Delilah

Delilah Smith

Today I started with a RayMar panel that is 8x10.

I tone the canvas with a wash of orange and transparent red oxide. I wipe most of the paint off with a paper towel and let it dry.

I mix a sketching mixture with dioxazine purple and red iron oxide. I establish the horizon line and put little dots where I want the end of my tree branchs to be. I block in some general shapes.

I finish blocking shapes. I create the palm tree shape.

I wipe out some of the high light areas on the palm tree and add the local color of the water. I use Ultamarine blue and add white as I get closer to the shore line. I begin painting the sand with a mix of orange and yellow. I add shodow with my sketching mix with more purple added to it.

I block in the cloud shapes.

I now block in the sky with Phthalo Blue and white. I darken the underside of the clouds with puple and add a little yellow to the water near the shore. I paint the sky cutting around the palm branches.

I begin paintng the dark areas of the Palm Leaves with a mixture of alizarin chrimson,transparant red oxide, and olive green.

I want the palm tree to be the area of focus so I dull down the clouds a little add high light to leaves of the tree and work a littl more on the trunk of the tree following the shape of the bark with my brush. I deepen the shadows under the tree and nearer the foreground of the painting.

Tropical Breeze

8x10

oil painting

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Thursday, December 29, 2011

Fish Face

Delilah Smith

Art by Delilah

Today I am working on a square 6x6 gallery wrapped stretched canvas. I have a series of fish on 6x6 canvas so I want to add a few more to the series.

I start with a rough sketch in red oxide.

This time I add the background color first because I want the fish to pop out at me and I will work both the background and fish my point of interest at the same time.

I start by adding the darks. I can't have lights until I have darks.

I put in some of the local color,

Now I start building up the color.

The fish needs a little reflected light which will come from the top and a small part from the bottom. I begin adding it.

I build up the color layers and add more detail.

I add accent colors and a few high lights.

Fish Face

6x6

oil painting

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Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Three Fish- SOLD

I did a very quick sketch of the fish and toned the back ground with yellow ochre.

This is a RayMar canvas panel that is 8x10. I almost always use RayMar panels for my daily paintings and all of my small work because of the high quality of the panels and the ease of storage.
I have started to add dark colors to the painting.

Now I start to add some of the local color

Adding more of the local color. When I paint fish I paint from my imagination so it takes me a while to get feel for just how I want the painting to flow.