Painting a Day: T. J. Murphy

Daily painting exercises in tonal realism since February 2013; adorned with terrible puns since 2014.

Wednesday, 30 November 2016

Apple with a jar on its cider.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Posted by Tim Murphy at 21:52

Campaspe River at Kyneton

Unfortunately I haven't found much time to paint recently -- things are a little creaky. Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"
Apple with Linen-Bound Book

Apple MacBook without the Mac. Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"
Fountain at Rosebery Hill, Pipers Creek

Perhaps it would have been easier to render this scene with a fountain pen. Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"
Torpedo Bottle in Tea Towel

It may not be entirely obvious that this is a torpedo bottle because the tapered bottom is mostly obscured by the tea towel. The tapered ...
Schoolmaster's Residence, Old Pipers Creek School

A residence without a resident (as one might gather from this slightly dilapidated building). Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"
Red Roses with Carafe

Roses and an empty carafe, alas (perhaps it would be appropriate to have filled it with Rosé). Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"
Lighted Candle

This candle is known as Wayne, for when his flame is in the wind, he waxes and wanes. Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"
Findon Hill, Kyneton

To paint this picture, I had to go to hill and back. Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"
Rotunda in Royal Park, Melbourne

The wooden rotunda from the Australian native garden in Melbourne's Royal Park (the real thing isn't wonky like I've portrayed...
Still Life in Copper

A painting that aims to police. Oil on canvas board, 20" x 16"

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