I bought the prettiest eggplants at the farmer's market last week - and since the SOC challenge for this week was to use lavender, plum and grey I thought they would be a great subject. They are not so blue looking IRL - more plum with a bit of lavender (I know supposed to be the other way around). I love purples but I am not so good with the tints and shades. I thought (no I had) ruined this - but took a pair of scissors and cut out the eggplant and made a new background and they were saved. Now to cook and eat them!!!I added some detail to my angel with parasol and some more color for increased contrast and I like her. All my angels lately have had "big hair". Don't quite know why; that's just the way they grew as I painted. On both these pieces I have used oil pastels over some of the paint and I am really loving them. I have a very inexpensive set but may invest in better ones since I am using them so consistently. I think I like anything I can kind of fingerpaint with!
I will be linking to Summer of Color 2014 and Paint Party Friday. You will be amazed by the wide variety of lovely art on these 2 sites - so go and visit and even better join in the fun. No experience necessary.
Thanks so much for visiting - please leave a comment if you have time. Have a blessed and creative day.
Wonderful painting, you get better and better and better! Valerie
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for your encouragement - I'm sorry if I have missed replying to some of the comments - by the time I get around to everyone, I'm out of time for replying to my own comments.
DeleteLove how you did the SOC colors, Gina. And your angel looks good with the additions.
ReplyDeleteThank you my dear - you are always encouraging
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ReplyDeleteVisiting from SOC. I'm a big fan of purples and eggplant, too! Great subject for this week's challenge.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much - I am trying to get around to everyone - not too successfully. Still working at it
DeleteNice work Gina. Hope your are doing good. :) Happy PPF!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much - doing good!
DeleteLooks great!
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DeleteI love your eggplant painting that you made for this week's SOC, and can't wait to see how you cooked them, too! Yum! and your angel is beautiful! Thank you for sharing your talents with us!
ReplyDeletemost of my commentators have said they hate eggplant (aubergine). It really depends on how they are cooked. Thanks for stopping by.
DeleteGreat artwork
ReplyDeleteThanks Virginia
DeleteGreat inspiration for this week's colors! I cannot stand to eat eggplant, but they are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThey are whether you like the taste or not. Thanks for stopping by.
DeleteFabulous page with the eggplant. I've never tried it, and not sure I want to, but they always look very tempting and pretty in the shops :D
ReplyDeleteDepends on how they are cooked - the mini ones (like here) are more tender and less full of seeds. Thanks for stopping by
DeleteReally wonderful on the COS. You already know how much I like your angel
ReplyDeleteNicole/Beadwright
I perfectly understand big haired angels! They just come out so!!
ReplyDeleteAnd she is so sweet!
Eggplants are such a cool thing, so purple and so smooth! What a clever idea to cut them out to save them! They look great!
ReplyDeleteEggplants - a great use of this week's colours. Love your angel too! Maybe the big hair is representative of her halo? You have a real gift for colour.
ReplyDeleteLoving that deep purple.
ReplyDeletelove you SOC entry this week! And great work on the fairy!
ReplyDeletesorry I meant to say 'angel'!
ReplyDeletehttp://cmlk79.blogspot.ca/2014/06/lavender-grey-and-plum.html
Sweet! Tiny eggplants!
ReplyDeleteGina these turned out beautifully....perfect color too....my bedroom has been eggplant for over 12 years now...it needs a change I think..
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I love, love, love your eggplant composition and can visualize framed in a dining room. That angel truly has a peaceful feeling to it. Blessings, my friend!
ReplyDeleteLove that background on your SOC-piece! And your angel is looking great! Nice strong colours, and I'm a fan of big hairdo's :-)
ReplyDeleteah your eggplants are great :-)
ReplyDeleteGorgeous eggplants. We call them aubergines in Europe. Your painting is as tasty as the eggplants themselves are. Love the geometric shapes in the background.
ReplyDeleteYour eggplants look wonderful and delicious! Your angel is looking beautiful! Love those adorable wings :)
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