Simple

This picture hangs in my father’s and step-mother’s kitchen, which is appropriate since I painted it while staying at their summer house (which has now become their retirement home).  I was taking my first watercolor class with Gwen Bragg and our assignment was to paint eggs to learn how to paint subtle colors.  Most of the class painted white eggs, but my step-mother had only brown eggs in the refrigerator.

Corki's Brown Eggs, 3" x 5"

This small piece won an award in the student show.


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14 responses to “Simple”

  1. pix & kardz Avatar

    thanks for sharing this art – and the story behind it
    together, they made your post simply delightful!

    1. Ruth Bailey Avatar

      Thanks, Chris! Your comment is encouraging.

  2. jakesprinter Avatar
    jakesprinter

    Great entry 🙂

    1. Ruth Bailey Avatar

      Thanks, Jake. You are so faithful to stop by and you always leave a kind comment.

  3. cobbies69 Avatar
    cobbies69

    Well portrayed 😉 http://wp.me/p1j16x-3p

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  5. Jo Bryant Avatar

    again you got it right

    1. Ruth Bailey Avatar

      Thanks for stopping by and for leaving an encouraging comment!

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    thirdhandart

    Simply beautiful! I can see why it won an award in the student show. Even simple things can have many gradations in color, and you captured all of the shadows, midtones and highlights perfectly.

    1. Ruth Bailey Avatar

      Thanks, Theresa! It’s nice that even exercises turn out wonderfully from time to time.

  7. 2e0mca Avatar

    Very nice painting – simple and relaxing to look at. And good photographic work to capture it so well 🙂

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