O Is For…

O is for…
Ink, Watercolor
O is for orange. O is for ochre, orpiment, and olive green. O is for orient yellow, Orr’s white, and for ostrum, a brilliant purple. O is for the transparent oxides.
O is for offset printing, and open edition prints. O is for oil pastels, odorless turps, and Old Holland oils. O is for the oak panels of the Old Masters, and the opulance of opalescence.

O is for…
Ink, Watercolor
O is for optical mixing, Op Art, and origami, the art of folding paper into recognizable shapes and forms. O is for Orientalism as practiced by western artists, and for Orphism, a style of painting similar to Cubism.
O is for open studios, open-air sketching, and one-of-a-kind originals. O is for Ott lights, and for oeuvre, the collected works of an artist.
O is for Oehmichen, Oerder, and Ostade. O is for O’Neil, Oost, and Orchardson.
O is for my obsession with all things art.
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O is for ‘outstanding’ as well, and I love your rendition of ‘Marigolds’ Lisa.
So far with this alphabet series I really think you’ve ‘o’utdone yourself, I can’t wait to see the rest!
Thanks Rita. It won’t be much longer before this series is “o”ver. I “p”romise not to “q”uit before “z”ee end.