Two coconuts 2

Here is a variation of the "Two coconut" theme. I worked with the rough surface of the masonite board's backside. I like the rugged look, though, I find it more difficult to work with it as I am more used to the regular canvas surface. Which one do you like better?

Orange Cocktail

I "squeezed" in some time for a still life. Because there is not much color contrast here, I focused on the glass. 

Grandmother's Kitchen Window

Painted from a black-and-white photo for the DPW weekly challenge. It was fun to be free with the color. However, the challenge was to match the value. Great exercise!

Cup o' Tea

This is an attempt to paint white with a dark background and peaches as color interest. I am not too happy how it came out. Besides the photo being somewhat overexposed, the tea pot is still too light and could have refected more colors.... another example of the difficulty to paint white.....

Orange Reflection

I posted this on Daily Paintworks as my contribution for painting reflections. I kept it simple to focus on the reflection and colors. Recently, I have been working more on masonite boards (the rough back side). I have to say that I like the rough look of the finished painting - it also helps me being less fuzzy and use less strokes....Anybody else has experience with working on masonite (rough or smooth side)???

Red Beets

I never imagined there could be so much variation in colors in this ordinary root vegetable. It was fun observing the subtlety of it all. Also these beets tasted great after roasting in the oven for 1/2 hour.....

Melon Slices

For this week's DailyPaintWorks Challenge: paint an upside down photograph. The idea is not to let the brain tell you how to paint something, instead only paint what you actually see without knowing what it really is - so to speak "Painting with the right side of your brain and turn the left temporarily off ;o)..." This was difficult because my brain constantly tried to figure out what it was that I was seeing and painting, I had to push it out of the way...a very good exercise!

Mango Quintet

...and more mangos... one of my favorite fruits.. as I mentioned before they are creeping up everywhere....

Mango Tower

My contribution for the Daily Paintworks Weekly Challenge - Balance - To my surprise these mangos actually stayed up - right now it is absolute mango season and mangos are "piling" up everywhere...
Thank you Cathleen for this great challenge. I admire your work and take great inspiration from it.

Bok Choy - Entry to Weekly Challenge

I love vegetables and painting them comes almost natural. The difficulty here was to make the leaves look loose and "leafy" and not stiff and "card-boardy".