30-in-30 Challenge – Day 20

Posting later in the day, but I ended up reading last night instead of finishing my day 20 painting.  That’s all right though, I had the base done so it didn’t take long to finish.  This ended up going in a completely different direction that I’d planned though.  For some reason, drawing the little flourishes […]

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30-in-30 Challenge – Day 19

So I’m all caught up and working ahead a bit, which is a good thing.  I have day 19 done and ready to be sent out (?!?) and the base for day 20 is drying on the backing as I type this. Day 19 is a two-fer piece.  In addition to doing this painting challenge, […]

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30-in-30 Challenge – Day 18

Today’s painting should probably be titled “fun with a palette knife” instead of the non-name I’ve given it.  I picked up a cheap plastic palette knife (it came with the new plastic palette I bought) and decided that another venture into painting with gouache was needed.  I thought to try some collage as well but […]

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30-in-30 Challenge – Days 15-17

So I’ve been a slacker about posting these the past few days, but I have kept up and done days 15, 16, and 17. Day 15 was actually done on Thursday, but I’m just now getting the photo and editing done.  I packed up some supplies and took my work to work with me, painting […]

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30-in-30 Challenge – Day 14

If someone were to ask me what my favorite season is, I’d definitely say Autumn.  Yes, even when things are brown and everything looks dead, there is still color and beauty to be seen, IMO.  Maybe that’s why I tend to like doing Autumn trees. Back to the watercolors, but this one was done with […]

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30-in-30 Challenge – Day 13

Ah, unlucky number 13.  Seems fitting for today’s piece.  The informal theme I choose for this challenge was growth because I wanted to push myself into trying new things and yes, growing my skills somewhat.  This is one of those “push it and see what happens” pieces and it’s just not working for me as […]

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30-in-30 Challenge – Day 12

So I worked ahead this past weekend.  Partly because I was just in a creative mood and partly because I wanted to give myself some leeway for relaxing in the evening if I wanted. Day 12 was more about me being a bit silly, which is fine.  I just drew some lines on the paper, […]

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30-in-30 Challenge – Day 11

Technically, it’s still the 11th for another 32 minutes here, so I’ve made it!  Although to be honest, I finished this piece yesterday but didn’t edit the photo to post online until this evening.  So it’s entirely my fault this has been posted so late. Still, day 11’s piece is one of my favorites so […]

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30-in-30 Challenge – Day 10

Yes, we’ve reached one third of the way through Leslie Saeta’s 30-in-30 painting challenge.  Yay!  I’ve only completed 8/10 paintings but I’m still considering this a success so far.  I’m trying some new things out for fun, playing around with techniques and styles, and overall enjoying myself quite a bit, and what is art for […]

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