3 Daisies

(c) M Pruitt 2008

I've been wanting to paint these daisies for a long time. I finally painted it this week as a gift/prize for the winner of a contest I had on my blog recently. I think she will love it!

Terry and Daphne

ACEO, 2.5 x 3.5 inhces, watercolor and gouache, 2008

Portrait

The Margaria Farm

Title: "The Margaria Farm"

This is an ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR , not a print,
painted on 140 lbs 300gsm ARCHES cold pressed and acid freeWatercolor paper .
To paint it I used Winsor & Newton Artist's colors.

The size of the paint is of 12 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches.
This paint has a white border all around, this allows a better framing of it.

ABOUT THIS PAINT

This is the "Margaria Farm" located not far from my home here in Italy. It lyes in a wonderful hill's zone, all around it's surrounded by vineyards.

Today it hosts a restaurant and there you can buy biologic vegetables and fruit, but ince upon a time it was the house of the typical farmers, composed of many families living all together.

Painter's helper

Hey gang! I popped in yesterday and saw the Wednesday theme and started working on this but didn't quite finish. Elise here is one of my regular "models". On this day she wanted to paint with me so I gave her my paintbrush and took my camera out. =)

Henry VII

4 x 6 inches, watercolor, gouache and gold ink, 2008

Henry Tudor was born in 1457, the son of Edmund Tudor and Margaret Beaufort. His claim to the throne was on his mother's side as she was a great-granddaughter of John of Gaunt, third son of Edward III. When the Yorkist King Edward VI came to the throne in 1471 he had gone abroad to Brittany and had stayed there for several years, until in 1485 he returned with an army and defeated Richard the Third at the Battle of Bosworth Field. He married the daughter of Edward VI, Elizabeth of York, so uniting the two houses of York and Lancaster that had fought so bitterly throughout the previous century. His children included Henry VIII, Margaret, who became Queen of Scotland and Mary Rose who was briefly Queen Of France. He set about reducing the powers of the nobility and collecting taxes. His policy was to maintain peace, which he did through various treaties and marriages, and to gain wealth - he had £1.5 million at the time of his death. His first son and heir Arthur died in 1502 after marrying Katharine of Aragon and then Elizabeth died in 1503. Henry died in 1509, aged 52. He had ruled for 24 years and left his son a rich, peaceful and stable kingdom.

Wednesday Watercolors...Things I Love:Judge Judy

"Judge Judy", ACEO, 2.5 x 3.5 inches,watercolor, 2008

For this weeks theme, "Things I Love" I thought I would have some fun so painted a portrait of Judge Judy Sheindlin. For anyone who doesn't know, after many years as a Family Court Judge, she was offered a TV show which began running in 1996 and is still going strong today. In the UK we are WAY behind, the current episodes being shown are from 2001, but it's possible to catch recent epsiodes on You Tube. She is famous for her straight talking, no nonsense attitude and while I don't always agree with her decisions she is never less than fascinating to watch. Judge Judy Rules!!

Wednesday Watercolors...Things I Love

One of the things I love best will be no surprise to anyone. Watercolors! Here's a painting of my little fold-up palette! We have created hundreds of small format watercolors together.
This piece measures 5x7 inches.
Lanie

Watercolor Wednesday Things I love by Art by Erika

"Snowy Walk" ACEO

I love RED! And when there's snow, colors stand out even more, especially the cardinals where ever they are perched. And the dogs are so much more frisky when they go out for walks, not even minding how cold it is and how much their owner is not really enjoying having having to bundle up and brave the weather. But they obviously love their pets so off they go daily!

But I like red on objects. After I painted this I looked in my closet to see if someone might guess my affinity for red. Well, I learned that I wear pretty much any color, though most of the time I wear black or something neutral like gray or navy blue. Go figure!

Tulips

Today I set my resolve to get a few art projects completed and checked off my list. This is a 5x7 inch piece that I finished this evening. It will be matted, framed, and then donated to local charity auction.
Lanie

Lady with Art Deco Wallpaper

2.5 x 3.5 inches, watercolor and gouache, 2008

One of an occasional series. It's of no particular person, more of a face and character study. She is, I think, at a party and her lover has just entered the room and is caught in conversation with another person. She is watching him and waiting for him to escape and join her.

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Eleanor of Castile

ACEO, 2.5 x 3.5 inches, watercolor and gouache, 2008.

An ACEO portrait of Eleanor of Castile, the mother of Edward II. She was born in 1241, the daughter of Fernando III of Castile and his second wife Jeanne. She was married to Edward I, son of Henry III in 1254. The marriage was a happy and successful one, producing sixteen children in all, though only six survived to adulthood, the only surviving son being the future Edward II. She died in 1290 aged 49, at Harby. After her death and burial at Westminster Abbey Edward had memorial crosses placed at every stop he made on the journey from Lincoln to Westminster with her body. There were twelve in all, of which only three remain, none complete.

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Zinnias from my Garden

ACEO 2.5 x 3.5 inches. Now, today is Valentine Day and I have much to do. But as it happens from time to time, I get inspired and have to pick up pencil and brush before I go any further. That was the case this morning. Just HAD to paint these zinnias.
Lanie

Wednesday Watercolours "Say I Love You"

2.5 x 3.5 inches, watercolor with gouache, 2008

This was painted for Daily Watercolors Wednesday Watercolors. This week the theme is "Say I Love You". To know you are loved is a wonderful thing.

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Watercolor Wednesday I Love You Art By Erika

"This is How You Sign I love you" ACEO

Here is a Mom with all the love in her face, teaching her little baby the American Sign Language for "I love you".

During a lunch break in college one day, I found myself missing my next class because somebody was giving sign language lessons for Barry Manilow's "Can't Smile Without You". I still remember how to do it, but I don't remember what class I missed! I also learned to say "thank you" and "you're beautiful!" I like to pick up some conversational language tidbits when I can because I like to travel and talk to people. As a result, aside from English, I speak Spanish, Italian, French, Japanese, Hungarian, Swahili, American Sign Language, and my birth tongue Tagalog which is the national language for the Philippines.

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Adonis

8 x 9 inches, watercolour with gouache, 2008

This piece was painted for the EBSQ Nude In Art Show (my previous entry was rejected). It shows Adonis sat under a tree on a summer afternoon faling asleep. My aim with the piece was to create a painting with the feel of a pre-raphaelite painting but with a male as the subject . Adonis' mother was Myrrha, and she committed incest with her father Theias at the bidding of Aphrodite. She tricked him by slipping into his bed in darkness but when he discovered her deception he was enraged and she fled from him. Aphrodite turned her into a myrrh tree and Theias shot an arrow at it. The bark split and from it was born Adonis. Aphrodite entrusted him to Persephone's care but she refused to return him. Eventually Zeus decreed that he should spend four months of the year with Persephone, four with Aphrodite and four alone. Adonis was killed by a boar sent by Aphrodite's lover Ares. He was essentially a vegetation god - The Festival of Adonis was celebrated in midsummer and was essentially a female cult. Women would plant gardens of Adonis, such as fennel and lettuce, that grew quickly and had short lives.

Andromeda Watercolor Art By Erika

"After Sir Edward Poynter's Andromeda" OSWOA /4"x6" inches
Classic painter Sir Edward Poynter (1836-1919) painted a scene from a Greek mythology Andromeda who was chained to the rocks by Poseidon to punish her mother from bragging so much about the beauty of her a daughter.

I discovered that Poynter also did a few other pieces based on this and one of them was a beautiful sketch of Andromeda with wonderful anatomical definitions that many figurative artists love to depict (because their college teachers patted them on the head when they showed those lovely muscles he patiently taught them). As a result I was even more interested paying tribute to Poynter's Andromeda because I wanted to render mine in color but merging both his smoother very feminine colored version with his less feminine but muscle defined drawings

I did this piece as an entry for EBSQ Nude Show and for my watercolor group with "The Sea" as their theme for their Monthly Master Challenge.

Sweet Love

S. Valentine Card on Fabriano 140 lbs

I will I cook some biscuits for my family on Feb 14th!

Columbina

Media: watercolor and gouache
Dimensions: 2.5 x 3.5 inches
Date of Work: 2008


An ACEO portrait of the character Columbina/Columbine. Inteligent and witty, she is a servant who helps her mistresss gain the affections of her one true love. She is also in love with Harlequin.

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Spring is Coming

(c) M Pruitt 2008
Artist retains all rights to image

The transition from Winter to Spring is a strange and wonderful sight. Patches of snow there, spring green here.... and every once in a while, a bunch of crocus peeking up with their early spring color! This was the inspiration for my newest watercolor "Spring is Coming".

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The Dance

And they danced the night away....

Original watercolor on 140 lb Arches paper, 4x6 inches.



Barbara Ann

Wednesday Watercolors - Valentine Hearts

A heart full of hearts is what I chose to paint for my valentine. The piece is 5x7 inches, and I have already mounted it on a card and will give it to my very own sweetie on Valentine Day. PS: Each little heart in the box has it's own special message!
Lanie
J. Elaine Hays

Watercolor Wednesday Valentine Theme Art By Erika

"Valentine Family Hug" ACEO

I thought we often see images for lovers at Valentine, so I'd like to offer a loving family image :) For a change. Well, you know what tends to happen after Valentines right? SPRING, Spring happens hahaha! What were you thinking? ;) Click here to bid

Dreamer (Self Portrait)

5 x 7 inches, watercolor, 2008



This is my entry for the "Nude In Art" show. It's a self portrait of me lying naked on a bed, asleep. I wasn't really asleep though - I took the photos myself with my camera, holding it above me. I then joined the images together to make the drawing. I wanted to do something personal - when we are asleep we are often naked and vulnerable. I also though it would be a good process to paint myself naked and to display it. Often nudes are about presenting a beautiful body to be admired but with this I just wanted to say "here I am".


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Piazza San Carlo - Turin - Italy - ACEO

ACEO ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR 2,5 x 3,5 inches

Winsor & Newton on Watercolor 140 lbs/300gms Arches Cold pressed paper

San Carlo Square (Piazza San Carlo), is one of the most famouse squares of Italy,

it's in the center of Turin (Torino) town and it's friendly called "Turin's lounge".

The square was projected by Carlo di Castellamonte in the 17th century,

but was enriched one century later by the architect Benedetto Alfieri.

In the middle rises the equestrian statue of theDuke Emanuele Filiberto (by Carlo Marocchetti - 1838).

The square has a rectangular shape and on the long sides are the

two twins palaces called Solaro del Borgo.

On the south side are two churches attibuted to the Castellamonte Architect.

The whole square is surrounded by porticoes where now are many famouse fashion-shops and old cafeteries.

After a great restoration the square has rised to a new youth in the last years and traficis not allowed now , this is why each time I pass through it I love to feel the ancient air you can breathe in this little corner of history.

Loredana