Rose on Top daily painting

I painted this while watching "Cupcake Wars" They invented that show just for me. I just signed up for a new auction site created just for Daily Painters by Carol Marine. The charge is only 3% for sales compared to eBay's 9%. eBay is now even adding your shipping costs to the total amount they use to calculate the percentage. Carol is a very successful daily painter whose works sells daily for well over $150. You can see my auction here. To see other art in the auction click here. I think the quality of work is higher in general than eBay
"Rose on Top" oil on canvas 8" x 6"

Another Day Another Sunset

Another little 8" x 10" oil on canvas. I actually finished this one yesterday, making two for the day. Who knows what today will bring. I forgot how much fun it is to do a daily painting. You can't wait to get up and get going knowing that you will actually finish a painting that day. There are many, many daily painters now.....thanks to Duane Keiser who started it all. He even now sells little 2 x 3" pieces that he calls oddments. He's up to number 237 of those and you have to preorder sight unseen to get one. The price of those is now up to $175 each. I believe I paid $125 for mine back at number 69. You can see those at his blog. Carol Marine is another big daily painting seller. You can see her daily's on her blog. Hers sell on eBay for over $200 each. That's a pretty nice little side income, I'd say. She also does larger work and teaches many workshops. Artists are pretty busy people.

Sharpen the Focal Point, Soften the Rest

I finally finished two of the pieces I started in the Eric Weigardt workshop. One of the lessons in the class was to keep the detail work limited to the focal point and soften the edges on everything else. Easier said than done if you're a detail person like me. Carol Marine mentioned this also on her post this week saying that her brain would fight her when trying to soften edges that would detract from the focus on the main image. This is a constant challenge for me. But when it works, its wonderful. These pieces are so much looser than my normal work, but I really like the outcome. They are available framed for $1800 each on my website http://www.DianeMorganPaints.com