Posts Tagged ‘tiny painting’
13 Pink Roses
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010
13 Pink Roses by Amy Crook
The 13th rose is barely on the canvas, sneaking my lucky number onto this rosebush. Branches lean out over a white fence, and bees buzz lazily around the flowers. The bright blue summer sky has a pale summer sun shining down, and the whole image is painted in oils on a small four-by-five-inch canvas board.
The edges of this canvas board are finished, the image wrapping around to the sides to add a some extra dimension. The easel is included, so this painting can be displayed as is on a bookshelf, desk, windowsill, or anywhere you want a little lazy summer sunshine.
13 Pink Roses, 4″x5″ oil painting on canvas board with 5″ tall wooden easel, $59 with free shipping. 10% of your money will go to the charity in the sidebar.
Click here to buy this one of a kind painting at Etsy.
13 Pink Roses by Amy Crook
This makes a great companion piece to my other tiny painting, Impressionist Flowers.
Tags: bees, flowers, oil painting, roses, summer, tiny painting
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Impressionist Flowers
Friday, June 4th, 2010
Impressionist Flowers by Amy Crook
With the tiny paintings, I will often paint a batch of skies, or water, or whatever, and go back in and decide what to do with it later. When I pulled out this warm blue sky to work on it again, I wanted to do something impressionistic for spring that really brought that feeling of warm sleepy days with bees buzzing around the flowers.
The edges of this canvas board are finished, the image wrapping around to the sides to add a some extra dimension. The easel is included, so this painting can be displayed as is on a bookshelf, desk, windowsill, or anywhere you want a little spring sunshine.
Impressionist Flowers, 6″x4″ oil painting on canvas board with 5″ tall wooden easel, $59 with free shipping. 10% of your money will go to charity — check out the sidebar to see which charity I’m donating to this month.
Click here to buy this one of a kind painting at Etsy.
Impressionist Flowers by Amy Crook
Tags: bees, canvas board, flowers, oil painting, pansies, snapdragons, tiny painting, violets
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Green Sea Turtle
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
Green Sea Turtle by Amy Crook
A few months back I held a contest on the Not Dead Yet Studios blog to give away one Cartoon, and one custom tiny painting. The very patient CaZ from 2 Chicks at Home won the painting, and it’s finally done.
She asked for a green sea turtle (which I was surprised to find after some Googling wasn’t particularly green), and so I went looking for reference photos and got started. Rather than using one of the tiny 2.75″ square canvases, I decided to go with a slightly larger canvas board to give the little guy some room to swim.
As soon as he’s dry enough, he’ll get packed up and shipped off to his new home. He was fun to paint, and I’m thinking perhaps I need to do another contest soon — though maybe this time for an existing work.
Green Sea Turtle, 4″x5″ oil on canvas board, commission.
Read on to watch the turtle swim into being.
Tags: oil painting, sea turtle, tiny painting, underwater
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Thistle
Friday, November 13th, 2009
Thistle by Amy Crook
This tiny oil painting captures a moment in the blue-violet dusk. This image is the one that drove me to buy these canvases and their wee easels, the globe thistle seeming nearly white against the twilight sky, lit by the fireflies’ greenish glow.
I’ve had a really hard time capturing the subtle color with my camera, which is determined to make it bluer than it really is. Hopefully whoever buys it will find the true colors a pleasant surprise!
The edges of this little canvas are finished, the image wrapping around to the sides to add a little dimensions to this tiny bit of dusk.
Thistle, 2.75″x2.75″, oil on canvas, 5″ tall easel, sold.
Tags: oil painting, sold, tiny painting
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Small Things, Great Love
Thursday, November 12th, 2009
Small Things, Great Love by Amy Crook
Back in the day I had an opportunity to make some handmade paper. In addition to some larger pieces, I made this tiny sheet of paper with natural edges and a few little hairs included (if I recall, we snipped a lock off one of the boys in the class for the experiment, poor guy). This piece languished among my (admittedly ridiculously large) collection of art supplies for many years before the quote came along looking for a bit of paper to be written on.
I painted the starry sky background onto one of my small canvases, and hadn’t decided what to do with it until I drew the earth with the quote by Mother Teresa. The pieces all came together to create this little painting.
The edges of this canvas board are finished, the image wrapping around to the sides to add a some extra dimension.
Small Things, Great Love, 4″x5″, oil on canvas with pen & ink on handmade paper, 5″ easel, $59 with free Prioirty Mail shipping in the US. 10% of your money will go to charity, check out the sidebar to see who I’m donating to this month!
Tags: etsy, for sale, oil painting, tiny painting
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School of Squid
Thursday, November 12th, 2009
School of Squid by Amy Crook
This tiny oil painting is perfect to bring the ocean to your desk, bookshelf, or little niche. I saw a documentary about squid in the waters of Monterey, and they all looked so pale as they swarmed together, rather than the usual giant squid pink, that I was inspired to create this painting. I added a little dimension to them with some glazing, but I liked the way their underpaintings came out so ghostly that I left them mostly as is.
The edges of this little canvas board are finished, the image wrapping around to the sides to add a little dimensions to this tiny bit of undersea paradise. There’s a touch of pearlescent white in the shining water and on the shimmery squid, just to add a little sparkle.
School of Squid, 4″x6″, oil on canvas board, 5″ tall easel, $59 with free Priority Mail shipping in the US. 10% of your money will go to charity, check out the sidebar to see who I’m donating to this month!
Tags: etsy, for sale, oil painting, squid, tiny painting
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Princess Fish
Thursday, November 12th, 2009
Princess Fish by Amy Crook
This tiny oil painting is perfect for a little niche. When I first found these wee little canvases with their accompanying easels, I was so excited to start painting right away that I painted up several backgrounds, and then let them sit for a while. While I was googling I found a photo of this colorful tropical fish, and then once she was painted, she demanded a crown to let everyone know she was the Princess of her little school of fish.
The edges of this little canvas are finished, the image wrapping around to the sides to add a little dimensions to this tiny bit of undersea paradise. The crown is painted in metallic gold, and there’s a touch of pearlescent white in the shining water and on her shimmery skin, just to add a little sparkle.
Princess Fish, 2.75″x2.75″ oil on canvas, 5″ tall easel, sold.
Tags: oil painting, tiny painting
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