Lydia Host's Painting a day.

I am in Sunny California. The weather here is so lovely...I forget how bright and clear everything seems out here, and the mountains...sigh...

My parents are traveling around Europe, eating fresh and fabulous fruit and vegetables . My Mom snapped this shot and emailed it to me! ...

I was thinking about my grandmother today when I decided to paint this little french creamer that she gave me...with the fabulous 'weed...

This is not a great photograph of this painting...but when it gets dark so early. ...I will try again tomorrow. I am painting some fruit a...

I have so many pictures of girls in chairs. For my senior thesis I painted a series of chairs and some of them in with people some without!...

Today was a fun plein air day. There were three of us....it started out a little chilly but became quite fabulously warm and it was a spar...

I painted this from an old picture that I took of a friend....I love the angst! The blue chair is a 'reading chair' that was given...

I took some snapshots of this little girl at a local exploreum (with her mothers permission!). I just loved her whole look, and her express...

Something emerges from the chaos! I actually love it when that happens. There is a painter who kind of took off on pointillism and creates...

Sometimes when I need to just paint something that makes me happy....I will paint quick copies of some of my favorite portraits. This is ac...

More beautiful persimmons. You may or may not know this, but there are two kinds of persimmons grown around here; stranuous and non -stranu...

Had to give these lemons another go. I went to see Lyle Lovett this week, and it was so great, watching people do what they do best is so...

I painted with Mary Elizabeth , she has these lurid cupcakes that were a blast to paint. Lydia

I thought I'd give these classics a try! Pink camellia's .....sigh.... what a symbol of the south. Lydia

I painted with Joan E. W. this morning. We are having fun painting together. Lemons are a classic subject that could be painted over and ov...

This is on board again. I took a picture of this girl reading for the reading show, but then didn't get around to using it...but her fa...

This is from a figure drawing session sketch. I am painiting on hardboard here, which is textured so that paint 'grabs' on to the s...

Painted with Joan again this morning, and it was nice. I have not been happy with any of my previous attempts at painting strawberries, and...

A day off .... wind in your hair, sun on your face. Bliss! Happy weekend. Lydia

I went to the Mobile Mardi Gras Museum yesterday, a friend has a commission for a jester, and so we thought it would be a good place to...

Another pumpkin pie set up. I have tried to paint eggs in the past, and been frustrated with the result...these eggs I didn't really ev...

I have always wanted to make a pie from little baking pumpkins. I love to make pumpkin pies, and then eat them, I sort of feel like they a...

This was a painting that I started for the show at the library...but didn't finish in time. I love symbolism in paintings, and even tho...

This is a comission, I thought I'd share it with you anyway! Thanks for all of your thoughts and suggestions about my puppy....I have b...

Home grown peppers are so pretty, they are always tempting to paint, usually its a big pile which becomes complicated, so this time it w...