Sundae Surprise

On Sunday, I went to several stores looking for water balloons, so I could enter Carol Marines challenge on Daily Paint Works.  Her challenge was to place water balloons in a painting.  There were no water balloons at any of the stores I stopped at on Sunday.  On Monday, I went to another store when I was out, no water balloons.  On Tuesday, new store, no water balloons.  On Wednesday, at The Dollar Store they had water balloons in the back room.  As I was checking out I asked the clerk why the water balloons were not in an aisle of the store.  Her answer to me was, "Since it is autumn no one will want to buy water balloons."  I live in Florida and the day I finally found the water balloons it was 93 degrees with 90 percent humidity.
This painting will be for sale at auction starting tomorrow at www.dailypaintworks.com 

Sunrise and One Lump or Two - The challenge paintings

It has been very, very hot here this week (makes sense since it is Florida in the summer!) and I have been painting indoors.  Both of these paintings were inspired by The Daily Paint Works challenges.  The first one was in response to the challenge to paint a raw egg yolk.  The second painting was for the challenge to paint a light bulb.  I went a little overboard and painted three bulbs instead of one and also included a sugar bowl and lid all on a six inch by six inch panel.  Oh well, I guess I just can't follow directions very well.  Both of my paintings and all of the other challenge paintings can be seen on www.dailypaintworks.com by clicking the challenge button.  

Saturday is my birthday and my new age will end with a three!  To celebrate this number I have painted three plums, which is one of my favorite fruits.  To challenge myself I decided it would be interesting to paint on gold leaf and see how the oil paint might 'behave' on this shiny surface.  It worked extremely well, as long as I just laid down a stroke of paint and then left it alone.  After I completed the painting I went in with my palette knife and 'scratched out' small areas to expose the greenish toned gesso behind the plums.
I want you to celebrate my birthday with me so I am starting the bidding on 'Three Plums' (6" x 8") at $3.00 at www.daillypaintworks.com.  I hope you win the bid.
Yours in art and birthdays,
Pamela