Day 14 - revisited

Painful day painting - I tried starting 3 different small paintings and wiped them all.  After yesterday's painting which came so fast and easy I thought I might have had a 'breakthrough'.  Today came back to reality.  So I dabbled some more on this landscape that is killing me as I am not getting the loose impressionistic style I wanted.  Oh well there's always tomorrow.

Day 13

Very quick oil on panel for day #13 - my rusty paint scraper.

Day 12 - Finishing up

Today's painting time was spent working on finishing up my Backyard Rink start - got rid of some trees, changed some background.  I am almost done, aside from some tweaking of values and sky.  Tried doing an extra 1 hour painting but only had 1/2 hour before running off to get kids, dinner and head for a meeting-so it got scrubbed.

12x12 - oil on canvas

Weekend rush

With the recent snowfall we managed to get away for a couple of days of skiing. Fresh powder and clear blue sky meant it was spectacular on the mountain.  Although cold to start it got to a balmy -15 by the late afternoon.  I managed to squeeze in paintings for Days 10 and 11, so I am keeping up with the 30 Day challenge.

watercolour and ink on paper - Hoodoos

sunrise and -29 outside of Jasper

Sunny and - 21 on the hill

8x10 oil on panel - Pop!

#8 - The Crime Scene

8x10 oil on wood panel

This is my 1 hour painting for Day 8 of the 30 in 30 days challenge.  I am not sure why but the title 'Crime Scene' came to mind, like these 2 tomato detectives are checking out the poor carved up tomato slice... sorry too much netflix BBC crime dramas!

#7

Today's 1 hour daily painting for day #7, a quick still life on 8x10 on wood panel.

#6 - too fast

Today, in an effort to 'whip off' a daily painting for the 30 in 30 challenge I created a monster.  I decided to choose colours I don't usually use ( or like ) pink and a harsh green.  I also tried to get it done in under an hour.  The draw up went well, the colour was a disaster.  Do not want that sucker hanging around the internet after I am gone, so I won't post it.

I am painting daily, so still feel qualified to keep up with the challenge!


Here instead was my most successful endeavour this week so far - Wobbly Apricot tart - mmmm - should have painted that!

#5 - It's a start

Working on my winter series and making them part of the 30 paintings in 30 days challenge - so today's painting is in progress and will take a couple more days to fine tune, trees, skiers, etc. 

We are lucky here in that we get so many bright, sunny winter days.  They create beautiful colours and shadows in the snow. We managed to cross country ski twice a couple weekends ago and planned too this weekend but the  -29 temperatures kept us inside.

11x14 oil on canvas - in progress

Day 4 - return to beach

Today I attempted a quick one hour painting for Day 4 of 30 in 30 days challenge.  Had a major disaster and it was wiped off after a spill of turpentine, so I am posting a very recent quick painting - the beach in Hawaii instead.  

8x10 oil on panel

I got a start on the next painting in my winter series and am feeling good about it.  Once it's dry will start with some colour tomorrow.

11x14 underpainting

Day 3 - Loafing around

 My quick day 3 painting - just spent 1 hour with a bag of flour and jar of yeast.  I seriously need to use a proper camera and stop using my cell phone as the colour balance is off.

The painting was inspired by the loaf below which just came out of the oven and is my first ever attempt at sourdough bread.  This one loaf has been over a week in the making.  But now I have my sourdough starter living and breathing in the fridge, the next loaves should be quicker.  Hopefully it tastes as good as it looks.

Peek at today's work

Today's work was on a larger painting I am working on.  It's going well but needs some drying time before it is completed. Painting #2 for 30 in 30 days challenge.

Portion of Backyard Rink 12x12 oil

Daily painter

I am again going to attempt the 30 paintings in 30 days challenge that Leslie Saeta has each year.  First one - one hour only as I need to get after some other paintings ASAP.