FIVE PEARS

6x6 Oil on Gessobord

Day 26 and the home stretch!

FOUR PEARS

6x6 Oil on Gessobord

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Day 25.  Gosh, it seems this month is flying by!  Only 5 more daily paintings ..... well 6 more for me, because I need to make up a day that I missed.  One day I'll post 2 paintings and that will take care of the missed day.  
Hope you are having a creative day!
Thanks for stopping by!

SUNNY WINDOW

4x4 Oil on Gessobord

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Day 24 of the 30/30 challenge.  For all of you in the cold this is a reminder of the warmer weather.  Here in Texas we are having 70 degree temperatures, although we will have to wait for spring to arrive to see flower boxes in bloom.
HAVE A FANTASTIC WEEKEND!!

ON THE ROAD AGAIN

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Day 23 of the 30/30 challenge.  While painting this orange truck I listened to Willie Nelson's famous song "On the Road Again."  Perfect for this piece of art!

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FACE NO. 88

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Day 22 of the 30/30 challenge and another mug shot to paint.  This one went a little faster.  I think painting every day makes painting a little quicker and I am getting just a tad bit better at mixing with this limited palette.  

TEXAS LANDSCAPE 3

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Day 21 of the 30/30 challenge.  I still have one painting to catch up on, but I needed to get this one posted.
  I like this little painting.  It is so typical of Texas.  These water towers are everywhere and they come in all sizes and shapes.  This one looked to be an old one, but still in use.  I liked the thick clouds in the sky on this particular day, too.    

FACE NO. 87

4x4 Oil on Gessobord

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Well, here we are on day 20 and I missed day 19.  Very busy with other things and could not get up to the studio.  I will make it up later this week.  
This is painted from police mug shot records.

LIPS

This is a little oil study I did after watching Taryn Day's new ArtByte "Painting Figures from Digital Images."  It is excellent!  Lots of good information in this little byte!
Day 18 of the 30/30 challenge.

BIRD DANCE

6x6 Oil on Arches Oil Paper

The photo reference for this painting was taken at Hilton Head while I was attending a Karin Jurick workshop, which by the way, was a blast!

This is day 17 of the 30/30 challenge.  So far I've painted every day, but disappointed in some of the paintings I have posted.  Even with the disappointment, I continue to learn more about using a limited palette.  

Have a great week-end!

GREEN CUP

4x4 Oil on Gessobord

JACKET

6x6 Oil on Gessobord

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Day 15.  Half way and 15 to go.  I am going to Big Bend in a couple of days and while I am there I will have no internet access.  So there will be 3 to 4 days I won't be able to post.  I'll just have to catch up when I return.  It's just been impossible to paint ahead, but I'll put in some extra studio hours when I return. :-)

This jacket was a challenge because it is black and with my limited palette of blue, yellow, red and white it took me awhile to find just the right combination of colors to make a good dark.  I may never be able to repeat it, but I think it is a beautiful dark color.  

GREEN VEST

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Day 14.  I'm enjoying painting clothes and giving some thought to a series using a larger format.  It could be a series of hundreds of clothes!  Well, I don't know if my interest would last that long, but you never know.

HIS SHIRT 2

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BRUSHES

6x6 Oil on Gessobord

Day 12.  I'm learning that completing a painting and posting that painting every day is not my cup of tea.  This is not a new revelation.  I came to realize quite a while back that the posting became more important than the painting.  It is no different this go round.  I do paint almost every day and in order to grow as an artist the more work put in the better one becomes.  Some artists are very successful with this approach and I really admire that.   However, I am not one that can and, I need to accept that I will not be a good daily painter ... or should I say a good daily poster.  As I said, I do paint just about every day.  Not every piece of work is worth putting out here.  I will complete this challenge, because there certainly are good things about stepping out of one's comfort zone and I am learning about using a limited palette.  Not to mention, it's fun being a part of the challenge with over 200 artists!  Y'all are great!

ASPARAGUS

7x5 oil on Arches Oil Paper

First I want to thank everyone for the wonderful birthday wishes!!  Y'all are wonderful!!!

Next, I want to confess that I have been intimidated by asparagus for a long time.  I know ..... it's only a vegetable, but so many greens!  Today is the day to attack and conquer.  Once I started I have to say it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.  So now I can cross asparagus off my intimidation list!