Tybee beach v2

I spent awhile tinkering with this last week and think on the whole it's a little better. 

Tybee beach

This is the first painting I've done in nearly a month, except little things in my sketchbook.  It's from a photo I took on vacation at Tybee Island in Georgia last summer.  I had an odd size frame that I picked up along the way somewhere--12x15 plus/minus--so I cut a piece of gatorboard and glued canvas to it.  Somehow not quite working but can't quite put my finger on what the problem is here. 

Misty landscape

This is a misty landscape I did from a photo a couple of weeks ago.  Apologies for the glare in the photo.  I find myself in a misty uncertain landscape the past few weeks as my 92 year old mother has entered hospice and I have taken a leave from my day job to be with her in her final days.

Seascape

I have been working on this off and on for awhile.  It originally was intended for my sister who found it a little too plain for her tastes, so I tried to add some additional interest by trying to pixelate it a little bit.  Once I had the background in place I mixed paint of a similar value and shade and used a small block of wood to apply the paint. Once the paint is dry I may try sanding the surface down since it's very rough at present. 

Beetle bug

Did this quickly last night from a photo I cut out of a magazine long ago.  Trying to focus on values and using as few strokes as possible, which is much harder than is sounds or looks on YouTube..

Poppies, pleasing to the eye...

I believe it was the wicked witch of the west who said "Poppies.......pleasing to the eye...".  This is loosely based on a picture I saw on the wall of our rental house in Tybee Island this summer.

Two different calla lillies that I did for my sister's birthday--i decided to send her the one on the left.  6x6 and 5x10 inches.