Mary B Spires Watercolor & Art Stuff

8x10 On Canvas Board This was a fun one to paint...I experimented with a different technique....I did a value underpainting (black, white and gray) with acrylics.....Helen Van Wyk (we have her weekly on our PBS station in St. Pete) does this quite often.....it's a great way to paint. Get those values right and everything falls into place. I've also been working on a new design for my web site.....it's been a busy week. I hope to get a few more paintings with this technique.

5x7 Oil on Gesso Board I started this one last Spring, just didn't get around to finishing it.....I think this ended up being a favorite.

11x14 Oil on Canvas Board This was given to St. Paul's School for their annual fund raiser.....happy to say it SOLD!

11x14 Watercolor on Watercolor Paper I've had 3 wipers (What Carol Marine calls her paintings that were trashed or wiped off). So I decided to post my class project for the next two weeks. I'm scheduled to be at the Art in the Park in St. Petersburg today, but the rain is moving in......so maybe I'll just get to paint all day.

6x6 Oil on Canvas Board During the Carol Marine Workshop the girls from Georgia had these wonderful turnips....mine are not quite as pretty, but I did enjoy painting them.

6x6 Oil on Gesso Board As you can see I did change a few things, added a little more white on the dish, plus cropped off the top right corner, plus add a little more color on the oranges slices.

At this point I walk away for a while....just to get a fresh view I take it onto the porch where I have north light.......