Another mini oil painting celebrating some of my favourite pollinators. I love to see and hear bumbling bees moseying from flower to flower in the garden. They are a big part of what makes the garden feel alive – not just plants growing and flowering but all the small creatures enjoying them too.
(C) 2023 Hilary Farmer
Monarch butterflies are lovely especially when set off against a blue sky, I think. This mini oil painting started with just the Monarch on the left but I thought one looked a bit lonely so added a second …a bit of a challenge to paint one edge one like that! They were the most common butterfly around when I was a kid – sadly not so common now.
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My next mini – this one with a dragonfly gliding over a field of wildflowers. I enjoyed the complimentary colours of the flowers and brought a hint of that into the dragonfly’s wings. Still having fun painting these littluns!
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A second mini in what may be a new “meadows” series. I am enjoying getting a close up feeling but in a larger setting …and all in a 4″ x 4″ size. It is fun to work this small but I find myself also thinking about the scope for scaling up. In the meantime, I can try out compositions and colours without committing to something really big.
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I have been mostly working on a commission lately but it’s fun to fit in a “mini” in between larger painting sessions. This one got me thinking that it could be scaled up though. That would be fun too!
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My latest mini. I do love painting these wee ones! Small creatures on small paintings are just the thing to try out new ideas and techniques. Here as well as regular oil paints, I used some R&F pigment sticks of pure oil colour. I also did some scraping and scratching to get the look I wanted.
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Another mini painting of one of my two cats. Her fur is so beautiful – especially when basking in the sunshine as she likes to do.
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Little birds fit so well on these mini paintings and are so fun to paint. I love to capture their vitality and personality.
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A mini painting of one of my kitties. Cats are highly paintable with their soft fur and expressive eyes!
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I’ve been seeing quite a few tree frogs around this year and each time I see one, I am surprised and delighted.
When you see how small the panel is this is painted on (4″x4″), you can get a feeling of how tiny the frog is …but even so, I may have painted it slightly larger than life sized. I enjoying playing with some abstraction in the background but also adding some hits of turquoise to brighten this tiny green being.
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Green Tea Doodles 