"Tea and Note Card" Oil on 5x7 board

 

 I did this little drawing first with color pencil to work out my composition.  I decided later to put tea in the cup.  It was pomegranate tea that I bought a few months ago.  I didn't care for the flavor, so I figured I might as well use it for something..  turns out the deep red color of it looked really pretty under the light!

 

 I took a short cut with this one, since the view I had chosen for my painting was not the view I could see from my easel, I took a picture of the set up from above and started my painting from the camera's picture. ( the drawing I did wasn't quite detailed enough to use)   After I got the drawing down, I referred to the actual set up for the rest of the painting.  I went back and forth a few times to get a better look as I painted. 

 I set the note card up, so I could see it better from where I sat.

so fun coloring in the card... I love Georgia O'Keeffe's paintings!