A Plate of Peppers

12 x 9 inches, watercolour, 2010.

A painting of a variety of the peppers I've grown this year. There are Poblana chili, , Red Cherry chili peppers, Cayenne chili peppers and sweet Ingrid bell peppers at the back.

Lemons On Blue

8 x 10 inches, watercolor, 2010.

Lovely lemons on a blue background. I will include a step by step guide to how this was painted, as well as a look at stretching paper and mixing colour in my second CraftEDU class, coming soon!

Pinecone

6 x 6 inches, watercolor, 2010.

This month's WNW Challenge was to paint a pinecone...voila!
Thank you to Lee for the reference!

Jelly Babies and the Strawberry Star Tree

7.5 x 9 inches, watercolor, 2010.

Another of my confectionary still life paintings, this time featuring jelly babies, cola bottles, strawberry jellies and star sweets.

Jelly Jumble

10 x 8 inches, watercolor, 2010.

Another of my confectionary still life paintings, this time jelly shapes jumbled up together.

Chocolate Choices

11 x 6.5 inches, watercolor, 2010.

An assortment of chocolates, dark, milk and white - which would you choose?

Walnut Whip Waltz

9.5 x 6.5 inches, watercolour, 2010.

I used to love walnut whips as a child - they were a favourite of my Mum's too. I hadn't had one for years and when deciding what chocolate to paint suddenly thought of them. I wasn't even sure they still made them. They do, but not like they used to. The chocolate case is now moulded rather than piped and the creamy inside is more sickly than I remember. The walnuts used to form the lid of the chocolate pot but now they are stuck on the top. So, a bit of a disappointment. Still, they made a good subject, looking like like chocolate daleks!

Cherries and Chocolate Cake

10 x 7 inches, watercolor, 2010.

This was painted for the Watercolour's Wet 'n' Wild February challenge. We were provided with several black and white photos of different objects (all with different light sources!) and were asked to choose 3 - 5 elements from the photos to make a composition. I decided on a cherry theme with red and green dominating the colour scheme.

Savoy Cabbage

11 x 8 inches, watercolor, 2010.

This cabbage was great fun to paint - tricky and time consuming but an interesting challenge. Once again, this subject became a tasty meal after posing for me.

Fruit and Nuts

8 x 11 inches, watercolor, 2009.

Satsumas, walnuts, hazelnuts and almonds - delicious seasonal snacks.

Satsumas

7 x 10 inches, watercolor, 2009.

I love satsumas and gobble loads of them at this time of year. I especially like them when they are a touch green and still a bit sour.

Three Bell Peppers

8 x 10 inches, watercolor, 2009.

Three bell peppers on a blue background.

Painted for this months WNW 7 x 11 x 3 challenge - to paint a painting of a size with the shorter dimension no less than 7" and the longer dimension no greater than 11", with a three hours time limit to paint it.

Sweet Peppers

10 x 7.5 inches, watercolor, 2009.

A still life of some red pointed sweet peppers and orange sweetbite peppers.

Begonia Boots

7 x 10 inches, watercolor and gouache, 2009.

I'm not quite sure what I do to wellington boots to ruin them so quickly but I am now onto my third pair in two years. The question was what to do with the old pairs that were sitting in the porch looking very sorry for themselves. I decided to use them as plant pots and chose some trailing begonias to brighten them up.

Sistahs and their Fiestas DSDF 23-24

"Coffee Clutch" 9x12 watercolor

It was hard for me to take this challenge too seriously for some reason lol I wanted to title this "Sistahs and their Fiestas". I love the word "sistahs" so I decided to use Fiestaware to rhyme the word with hahaha! Actually my original concept was a full sheet watercolor on Yupo but I just couldn't get my supplies together on time and the 8x10 study I did for it fizzled within 15 minutes (too small).

So here is my contribution to DSDF week 23-24 challenge with Karin Jurick! One can only imagine what these sistahs from different muthas were are ranting about.

DSDF 15-16 Watercolor Boots Oscar Myers

"My Winter Thoughts" 5.5x8.5 watercolors

Sung to the tune of the Oscar Myers jingle:
"Oh I wish we had a California winter
'cuz Arkansas just gets too cold for me!
My feet get cold and only Ugg shoewear keep them warm,
And those datburn things just do not come for free!" *curtsy* :)

Painted as my challenge response to Karin Jurick's DSDF

Heart Glow still life ornaments

"Heart Glow" 6x6 watercolor on paper

This was a challenge assignment to create a composition combining abstract and representational elements.

Potted Plants

(c) M Pruitt 2008

Here in the Northwest, we had a sudden 3 day spurt of hot weather (in the 90's). I went out with my husband, picked out and potted some annuals for our deck, which inspired me to complete this painting I had begun the week before.

It measures 8"x4". I had the perfect frame for it and it's for sale in my Etsy shop - frame and all!

BTW- we're back to our typical spring - cool and rainy!