green tomato (8/150)

oil paint on canvas panel
painted from life.
12.7 x 17.8 cm 5 x 7 inches

tiny

:)

tweety (7/150)

oil paint on mini canvas
painted from a photo.
6 x 8 cm 3 x 2 1/2 inches

Portrait of the Noisy Miner that my family have been raising.
My brother showed the painting to her and she squatted down and snapped her beak like she does when a real bird gets too close to her!

burleigh heads (6/150)

oil paint on mini canvas
painted en plein air.
6 x 8 cm 3 x 2 1/2 inches

Burleigh is a beautiful place to paint.

gum tree (5/150)

oil paint on mini canvas
painted en plein air.
6 x 8 cm 3 x 2 1/2 inches

A quick 10 minute sketch of the gum tree in the neighbours yards.

dad's orchids (4/150)

oil paint on mini canvas
painted en plein air.
6 x 8 cm 3 x 2 1/2 inches

currumbin dunes (3/150)

oil paint on mini canvas
painted en plein air.
5 x 7 cm 2 x 2 3/4 inches

This is at Currumbin beach, a 5 minute drive from where my parents live.

lorikeet at dusk (2/150)

oil paint on mini canvas
painted en plein air.
5 x 7 cm 2 x 2 3/4 inches

This one took about 10 minutes, I had to paint very fast because mosquitoes were biting me!

tropical santa (1/150)

painted en plein air.
oil paint on prepared balsa wood
10 x 9cm 3 1/2 x 4 inches

Hello friends, strangers, and googlebot,

After reading quite a bit about oils and mulling over the technical details, I have decided to make 150 oil paintings from now until the end of 2009. It will hopefully be a good way to get used to the paint, learn something new, reaquaint myself with art school practices and have some fun. If you are interested you are welcome to follow my blog here.

Merry Christmas and thanks for visiting!

Lilly