Tuesday, October 9, 2012

This is pretty much finished, except maybe for touch-up here and there.   :)

Acrylic on MDF, 5" x 7".



12 comments:

  1. Hi, Mikey!This is a very realistic painting. I feel like I can reach out and actually touch each piece of fruit. Very, very nice! :)

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  2. Thanks Mom! I'm kind of glad to be done with it. I'm ready for something new! I put down a base layer of color today, for 2 different abstract paintings. They'll be more experimental than anything else.

    Today I've been drinking Florida's Natural brand orange / mango juice. Very delicious!

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  3. The new paintings sound "exciting! :) I had some of that very juice last week. It was on sale at my Publix. It is good alright,I couldn't stop drinking it. :)

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  4. I know, it's hard to stop. Good thing it's healthy!

    On my abstract paintings, I may try using the wax pastels and colored inks that I bought recently. They apparently work well on top of acrylic paint.

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  5. Wax pastels and colored inks... sounds like this painting will be quite different from your other ones. This should be most interesting to watch, Mikey! :)

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  6. Yes, but it will be very tiny, too. :) Only like 4" x 5".

    Did you see the baby picture of Gracie, on the Tommy and Gracie Facebook page? :)

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  7. Reminds of that "tiny" painting you did for me.Yes, I saw that picture. I was looking at a bunch of their videos today.Tooooo.... cute! :)

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  8. Being so small...does that make it harder to paint? :)

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  9. I like doing small paintings, because it's easy to view the whole artwork at once. That's important. And I just like painting with small brushes over large ones. Although with abstracts, I love large sized paintings, too. Large paintings, when you see them at a museum, have a real presence. You can feel the painting call to you, from across the room, especially if it's a painting which you've always loved, but had never seen in person before.

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  10. I understand what you are saying, Mikey. Never thought about art in a museum that way before! :)

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  11. I love museums. Maybe someday one of my paintings will hang in a museum. :)

    I'm going to do some reading! I'm reading Joe Hyams' "Zen in the Martial Arts". Joe trained with Bruce Lee, so he has some interesting stories.

    Goodnight! :)

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  12. Sounds like a good book. I'm looking at some more videos. Tommy and Gracie are just too cute. "Hi" to Bruce. And "goodnight" to the both of you! :)

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