A neighborhood pond

Painting by Vicky Christensen, acrylic on 20 x 16 inch canvas 

I tried something new on this painting. I started with an underpainting in colors that are more or less compliments of the 'real' color. My goal was a more loose style and I wanted to stretch the boundaries with regards to color.

The underpainting is below:

It's been awhile

Painting by Vicky Christensen, mixed media on 20 x 16 inch canvas 

This one started out with collaged painted deli wrap. After stenciling and stamping with bubble wrap I started glazing. I am calling this Ripe Grapes.