Still Life With Onions

I figured if I didn't name the painting after the onions, no one would be able to figure out that there were onions in the bowl!  This is another painting from the alla prima class.  I forget the order and I may have incorrectly stated the order in the other posts.  Next class, I will label the paintings with numbers so I can remember the order in which they were painted.

Still Life With Mangos and Peppers

Another painting from the alla prima class is this Still Life With Mangos and Peppers.  The painting was painted in May 2011.  It is on a 9x12 stretched canvas painted in oils.

Blue Still Life

This is the third painting from the alla prima class that I took in the spring of this year (2011).   I sure did enjoy that class and I signed up to take it later this summer.  It is on a 9x12 stretched canvas and was painted in oils.

Plein Air and Alla Prima

This photo shows two paintings.  The painting on the left is my first venture into the world of Plein Air painting.  The scene is of a shed in my back yard.  The wisteria was just about finished but still was colorful.  I cannot hold the pallet so I lay it in the drawer of the easel.  Well, the wind was quite strong that day and my pallet was blown into the grass.  I picked the grass out of the paint and finished the painting.

The painting on the right is my second painting for an alla prima class.  In the alla prima class a still life was erected and we were expected to finish the painting in three hours.  I usually was finished in two to two and a hlf hours.  Fun class!  I have decided to take the class in July when it is offered again.  I just hope there are enough people out there that want to take it as well so the class will be held!

These paintings were both painted in April or May 2011.  The Plein Air is 8x10 and the alla prima is 9x12.  They are both painted on stretched canvas.