Our House

"Our House"

oil on panel 6x6

 This is my contribution for Daily Paintworks, "Paint your House Challenge" sponsored by Linda McCoy.

I've lived in this house many years, raised a family and watched the vegetation grow and surround our home. (I hate trimming hedges and trees). While painting I kept hearing the song "Our House" by Cosby, Stills & Nash. Finally I looked up the lyrics and found them very fitting. "Our house is a very, very fine house."

Color Study of Tree

Color Study of Tree
oil on gessoed paper 3x5.5

I found this little tree while walking the dog near a man-made pond. The area is not much to look at but I wanted to see if I could make something interesting out of this scene while working on my greens.

I have scraps of watercolor paper from years past that I gessoed for these little studies. I used the same palette as the last one.