Daily practise

I'm in admiration of many "daily painters" on the Net. They paint each day or nearly. Many times it is everyday objects they paint, yet the paintings are so catchy and full of atmosphere. A piece of cheese, a piece of cake, a simple cup are transformed in a piece of wonderful art. Have a look at some amazing work of a great artist Karin Jurick.

I'm posting a little still life today and I'll name the post "Daily practise" ... One has to start somewhere ;)










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Kočevje - Slovenia

A week ago I spent a few wonderful days in Croatia and the road to there leaded me through our region Dolenjska (Lower Carniola). What a marvellous countryside!

One of it's towns is Kočevje, which as a coincidence my painting mate Matej has chosen for our latest painting challenge. The municipality of Kočevje is well known for it's primeval forest and it's brown bear.

On the painting there is the Parish Church of St. Bartholome (Cerkev Sv. Jerneja).
I'm happy with some »newly discovered« brush strokes for trees, but the color palette didn't turn out quite like I'd wished.

Enjoy the wonderful colors of the Fall!

Playing with color

Hello! How are you doing in these hot summer days? I hope you all have nice weather and are enjoying the weekend.

Tried a different approach for today's painting... played with the wet-on-wet technique. Although I spoiled completely the left front building and messed up the rest as well, I still enjoyed painting it very much. It's a completely different feeling, letting - well, trying to let - the paint go. Will definitely try to do it more often.
Look at the beautiful atmosphere in Matej's painting.

Have fun!!