NORA MacPHAIL - ARTIST: blue

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Saturday, September 26, 2020

kindred spirit

SOLD $90 - 5x7" original oil painting on 1/8"panel.

Well, the bird painting series continues! I think I'm on number 12 and 8 of them have flown off to new homes. I'm especially happy with this little yellow-breasted blue titmouse. He's got his own little branch and he seems quite content. You can check out the time-lapse painting of him over on my Instagram account here - https://www.instagram.com/noramacphailart/ . Cheers. : )

Thursday, September 24, 2020

oil and watercolour bird

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"turquoise wonder " - $90 - 6x6" oil painting

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"lighthearted" - $80 - 5x7"watercolour with 8x10"mat

I painted "turquoise wonder" in oil a few days ago. I'm so happy with all the luscious blues and purples. I wondered what the little cutie-patootie would look like in watercolour so... the next day I painted "lighthearted. I love both oil and watercolour since they both offer such different unique qualities. Two qualities of watercolour are transparency and splatter! I took advantage of both. And one of the great qualities of oil is strong confident brushstrokes, which I hope I achieved.

Cheers and thanks for stopping by!

Saturday, September 19, 2020

dynamic duo

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$90 - 5x7" original oil painting on 1/8" panel

I love the glow of light behind these adorable Kingfishers, it shows off their distinctive crowns. The bigger one is peeking around the smaller one. #socute

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Sunday, September 13, 2020

dashing

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$90 - 6x6" original oil painting on 1/8" panel

I chose to paint this dashing beauty because of his bold look. His orange beak and blue body are perfect complimentary colours. He just seems to confident! And I think my bird paintings are getting more confident too. ; )

Here's a detail of him. I happily left a bit of the original pink panel colour to pop through. Cheers.

Sunday, July 12, 2020

swoop!

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$70 - 6x6" original oil painting on 1"deep panel/painted sides.

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Painting the "swoop" of the sky, water and beach of this heart balloon was a blast!! These metallic balloon are so fun, and challenging, to paint. I think I achieved the metallic nature of this cute beach balloon more successfully than my last balloon.

Daily Painting - Paint small, learn big... it's true!

Shout out to the awesome Teddi Parker for the #teddiparkerballoonchallenge. Her work (on Insta) is truly astonishing. She's no slouch and she takes on every challenge successfully!!

email if you have any questions, or just to say Hi! - nora904@yahoo.com

Friday, May 22, 2020

portrait in blue

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6x6" oil painting on1"deep panel

I'm thrilled with the outcome of this portrait in blue. Thanks again to the awesome Sktchy site where people upload photos of themselves to be painted. Cheers Alanna Jewel!

Wednesday, April 08, 2020

pepper pals

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8x8" original oil painting on 1" deep panel with painted sides.
I couldn't justify going shopping just to buy peppers for my still life so, I decided to make peppers out of Play-Doh! See pics below. ; )
Here's the sketch -

And here are my Play-Doh peppers.

I found free photo references of peppers on Pixabay and then changed the colours... of course.

It was wonderfully challenging to find the background colours in the glass bottles. The green bottle is one of my favourite still life objects.

I may have gotten a little colour happy!!!

Detail of the cutie-patootie peppers.

Until next time...

Saturday, June 30, 2018

Seahorse Charlie

$60 - 5x7"original watercolour painting with 8x10"mat

Seahorse Charlie: Shy but intelligent, Charlie likes long swims in the sea, root beer floats and shimmering blue coral. He is hand painted and original, a real one-of-a-kind, who hopes to brighten up your days for a lifetime. Charlie is looking for a long term relationship with a serious art lover... like yourself. ; )