pear #2 5x7

This on is off the same tree as yesterday's offering. Pears are pretty fun to paint. Some painters think they're sort of anthropomorphic.
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leafy pear 7x5

This is off the tree in front of my classroom. I like the leaves.
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Orangevale palm 8x6

This sketch took about an hour. A dog barked at me the whole time.

freeway palm #2 8x10

I did a lot of editing on this one. I took out a bunch of other trees that I felt took away from the sweep of freeway.
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banana #3 7x5

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egg #8 5x7

This is another egg from our school garden. The nice thing about painting eggs is that they're always so different after you break 'em.

glue bottle 5x7

There was a meeting of district art teachers out at Foresthill High School today. I hadn't done a painting yet so I decided to do one there. Rachael's room is a lot neater than mine so there wasn't very much junk to choose from, however, the orange cap to this big jug of glue caught my eye.

Red Bull 5x7

I have kids who drink energy drinks for breakfast every morning.
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North Fork Americn River 7x8

I went on a hiking field trip down Steven's Trai out of Colfax today. While the kids were frolicking and resting I painted this. It was a lot of fun to try to incorporate some of the ideas that I was exposed to last week at Terry's workshop.

head study #15 10x5

honey #4 7x5.5

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thistle #3 5x7

I ended up using a little magenta lettering enamel to get the color of this flower right.
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Twinkie #5 7x5

I had fun using a more subdued color scheme in this one.

Serene Lakes #2 8x6

One of the things Terry had us do last weekend was paint little thumbnails to plan out composition. I had never done this before. I figured that these little plein aire studies were already so small that they were basically just thumbnails anyway. I was surprised to find out just how much a simple thumbnail helped me organize the painting.
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Castle Peak #3 10x8

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Basin Peak

Basin Peak is just north of Castle Peak. Both are visible to the north of Donner Summit.
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Serene Lakes 6x8

I went to a plein aire workshop led by Terry Muira this weekend. I had a great time! It was chock full of useful information and great company. Terry really knows his stuff.
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corn dog #2 7x5

This one is starting out a just $1.00!
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red hammer 5x7

I'm going up to the mountains for a Plein Air workshop this weekend so I may not get to post tomorrow. I will be doing lots of painting though and I'll pots when I get back.
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Rollos 7x5

I wanted to try painting the gold foil.

sunflower #4 5x7

A student brought in this nice blue bottle. She has been waiting patiently for me to paint it and I finally found someting nice to put in it. Most of the flowers in our garden are starting to dry up.
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salt shaker #2 7x5

This is the salt that I used on yesterday's tomatoes.
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tomato slice 7x5

The school garden is teeming with ripe tomatoes right now. I picked four or five and ate them with salt for lunch today.
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cactus #4 5x7

Another purchase from the .99 cent store.

peppermint pattie #2 5x7

I'm starting this one off at just $1.00!
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Cheetos 7x5

This is one case where the contents are actually brighter than the packaging
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three kisses 7x5

I had so much fun with the foil inside the chips bags that I decided to do something that was all foil.
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Fritos 7x5

I like painting the reflective foil inside these bags.
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Lays #2 7x5

I picked up a big fifty piece value pack of assorted chips on my way to work today. It's really the only way to get small serving sizes like this. I'll be doing some other chips from it over the next few days. I like the bright colors.
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cactus #3 7x5

I picked this up at the .99 cent store this afternoon.
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