Apples for Christy

Flowers for Christy

Red Sunrise Early Morning

This painting looks a lot different in person, much darker!  I have tried over and over to accurately reproduce it in a photo and this is the best version so far. 

Christmas Tree with Candy Canes

Somehow the candy canes on my tree never lasted until Christmas.  But that was many years when my kids were kids and living at home.  Now, I often have some left over candy canes.  

Christmas Fire

This is the smallest painting I have done at 5X7in.  I like the red walls and the little bits of red that show through the branches of the tree.   

 

 

Christmas Gifts

I finished painting Christmas Gifts last night when I got home.  I am feeling pleased with the color and lighting effect.  My apologies to all my friends who suggested pets and children and notes to Santa.  I will save those ideas for another painting.  

Paint with paint

So, I asked for your opinion and got a lot of good suggestions, some of which might be beyond my skill level!  So here are a couple of versions that I tried out using Paint (the program).

The first one is pretty easy, mostly straight lines.  I like it but on the other hand....

The second one includes a child looking out the window at something more important than the presents under the tree.....

Remember, I have not really painted anything on the work in progress.  Still time to think about it.