How to paint an Asian Jar with Flowers

Well, it’s been awhile and I apologize for that. I haven’t been publishing as much due to the need to take care of other business. The good news is I’m getting ready to enlarge my studio, the bad news is, that project along with all the others this summer is keeping me out of the studio.

But I’ve been busy nonetheless. I’ve worked out a link system to my website that will allow me to do the actual blogging a bit easier. Blogger’s set up makes it difficult to upload multiple images and still keep things compact and simple. It often takes me three or more hours to do a simple lesson on blogger. I’m hoping with the addition of a “Student’s Atelier” pages to my website, I will be able to keep things organized.Essentially, nothing changes for you as this blog continues to be the launch point for all lessons. So to begin, click here. If the link fails to work for some reason, just paste the following into your browser and away you go.

http://susanspar.com/Oil%20paint%20lessons.htm.

Asian Still Life Oil Painting with Flowers, 12" x 14", Oil on Canvas Panel

“Asian Still Life with Flowers”
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To see how this painting was done, click here.

 
I’ve been busy preparing for a show, getting ready for a festival and trying to work with contractors to prepare for the expansion of my studio so there’s been little time to work on my blog or EBay stuff. Phew. I started off with the intention of this one being for EBay but I liked it so much, I waffled on whether I should sell it or save it for my show. Then I decided that I would just do a larger version for the show and give this one to you folks. Enjoy.

Old Master Paintings with an Expressionist feel by Susan Martin Spar who creates original oil paintings every day. These daily paintings consist of still life, figure art, and landscape art.

I will be publishing infrequently during the months of June and July due to other obligations. Thanks for checking in.

Old Master Paintings with an Expressionist feel by Susan Martin Spar who creates original oil paintings every day. These daily paintings consist of still life, figure art, and landscape art.

Rhododendron Oil Painting, 9" x 12" on Canvas Panel

“Rhodie and Persian Rug”
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There’s a Rhododendron bush on the walking path I take about every other day and it’s been calling my name. I pictured it against my red Persian run that sits in my entry hall. The rug is 15 feet long. It was a real chore to drag that thing into my studio, roll it up and drape about five feet of it over the backdrop I use in my set ups. But it was worth it. What’cha think?

Old Master Paintings with an Expressionist feel by Susan Martin Spar who creates original oil paintings every day. These daily paintings consist of still life, figure art, and landscape art.