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River Bank – Simple Pleasures #12 of 30

Playing with color on a cold but sunny day. Comments Success Leave a Comment Name (required) Email Address (required) Website/Blog Address Comments (required) Remember Your Info Check this box if you want email updates when…

The Boxer – Simple Pleasures #11 of 30

Man – though not exactly simple, is a pleasure – and always an interesting quick study. Comments Success Leave a Comment Name (required) Email Address (required) Website/Blog Address Comments (required) Remember Your Info Check this…

Green Grapes – Simple Pleasures, #10 of 30

I love them in so many ways – off the vine, with cheese, crushed, fermented… Comments Success Leave a Comment Name (required) Email Address (required) Website/Blog Address Comments (required) Remember Your Info Check this box…

The Ginger Pear -Simple Pleasures – #9 of 30

Balance is everything. This lesson was evident with my pepper/pepper exercise (#6), but my agitated outlook could not see it. Instead they were opposing opposites competing. A slightly shifted perspective may have viewed them as…

Rose – Simple Pleasures #8 of 30

A Rose, for all the love that lives… Comments 2 Responses to Rose – Simple Pleasures #8 of 30 Oh, Kelly, that is achingly beautiful… Posted by Diane Pool · via kellysullivanfineart.com · 126 months…

Cynthia’s Cup – Simple Pleasures #7 of 30

My favorite little cup, made by fellow painter and potter Cynthia Guild Stoetzer. It’s a colorful little thing, but I think I pushed the blue a bit too far – should be a few values…

Far from pleasure, and nothing simple about it – Simple Pleasures #6 of 30

I spent the day second-guessing myself, and it showed in every stroke. There was no ‘pleasure’ and there was nothing ‘simple’ about it. Artists, like gamblers, should know when to quit. “Do you really have…

Sunrise on the Hill – Simple Pleasures #5 of 30

If the idea of this exercise is the study of color – perhaps I should try to think like an impressionist. The sun was out, but the wind was HOWLING! Not enough layers. Missing my…

Lemon – Simple Pleasures #4 of 30

I must say that I found the inside of a lemon, and the peel – really hard to paint. I think I mixed 10 different batches of color and still didn’t get it. The other…

Natures Course – simple pleasures #3 of 30

I have many things to say about natures course – but my feet are tired, and my ankles hurt, and my dryer broke… Perhaps after the culmination of my laundromat experience, I shall sit with…