watermelon #4 5x7

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cake 5x7

I did this painting for a friend of mine. I traded her the painting for the cake.
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cantaloupe #3 7x5

This cantaloupe is from the school garden. I didn't even know we had them.
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kiwi #3 5x5

I eat kiwis with my breakfast every morning when they're in season. This year they seem to be larger than usual.
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pasilla pepper 7x5

There's lots of interesting reflected light happening in these dark green peppers.
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habanero 5x5

These little guys are a great color, sort of translucent too. I think they're pretty fun to paint but too hot for me to eat.

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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Hell Hole Reservior 10x8

Hell Hole is way out past Foresthill on Mosquito Ridge Road. I spent part of this weekend out there with some old friends. It was a great time!
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red enamel 7x5

A can of red One-Shot sign painting enamel.

zucchini bread 7x5

This bread was made by students in the gardening class with ingredients from the school garden. I ate it immediately after completing the painting. It was good.
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jello cup 7x5

This one was pretty challenging. It would have been easier to paint while it was still full.
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egg #7 5x7

Our school garden has chickens too. This is from one of them.
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twisted pear 7x5

A friend of mine gave me a cool deformed pear to paint about a week ago. I didn't get around to painting it until today. It was a bit soft and faded so i went out to the tree in front of my classroom to get another and I discovered that all the pears on that tree are deformed.
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light bulb 7x5

low bluff 8x10

This is out at Rattlesnake Bar. I think this ridge is under water during non-drought years, which we of course never have in California any more. Right now this has got to be the dustiest place on earth. There are a bunch of four wheel drive trails out here and the recreational vehicles have been pulverizing the ground for about four months. In the area where I was painting everything is covered with super fine gray dust.

Old Ironsides 6x8

Old Ironsides is a bar in mid town Sacramento. I forgot my palette knife today so I had to mix my colors with my brushes. Definitely not the way I prefer to do it! I think the painting came out o.k. in spite of that.
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orbiter 7x5

A student found these two very different tomatoes joined by a stem and put them in my line-up.
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small sunflower 5x7

My students are starting to bring me things to paint. I've got a bunch of stuff from the school garden lined up on my table at school waiting. I hope I can get to it all before it wilts or rots!
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pepper water 5x7

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big tomato 7x5

One of my students brought me this colossal heirloom tomato from the school garden.
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