30 Paintings in 30 Days - Number 8

"Natural Fiber"

6" x 6"

oil on canvasboard

Leslie Saeta's '30 Paintings in 30 Days' Challenge is HERE.

Day 7 of 30 Paintings in 30 Days

"Anticipating a Return"

6" x 12"

oil on wrapped canvas

Purchase notecards of this one from Red Bubble HERE.

Wherever we go, when we travel by RV, our dogs go with us.  This is our two dachshunds Hasty Herman and Chaco - standing and waiting for their dad - as he filled up with gas in a nearby town.  

 Whenever you left the RV, for any reason, they immediately got into the driver's seat to perch there and watch what was going on.

(Herman is no longer with us, he passed away a few years ago.)  

Chaco still goes to that spot when you leave the RV, but the two of them were such a pair and so cute to watch.  They would lean into one another - where one head went the other was almost assured to follow.  

Herman had very keen senses - especially sight.

I remember one time we were in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. (Maybe I've told this story before but...) a UPS brown truck rounded a faraway corner, Herman was in my lap and let out a really mean growl.  They never liked the UPS truck that visits our house - amazing he picked up 

on the truck so far from home - by sight.

We still have very heartfelt sadness that Herman is no longer with us.  

He was the BEST dog in the whole world!

Now that it has been photographed, 

I see a few places I need a little more work on this painting  .

Today, I go to the surgeon for more follow-up on my ankle.  Stay tuned.

If you would like to visit some of the other artists in this challenge, see the sidebar poster for the "30 Paintings in 30 Days" - 

click on that and you will go there.

30 in 30 - Day 6

"Weimaraner II"

6" x 6"

oil on canvasboard

I take lots of photos of my dogs.  This is Bailey.  He was a little peeved that I kept 'snapping' away at him this particular day.  

I loved that look in his eyes of - 'Leave me alone - I'm trying to nap!'

I love how this turned out, it looks JUSSSTTT like him and his attitude.

Painted with a limited (for me) palette of cad red light, cad yellow light, ultramarine blue, yellow ochre, sap green, alizarin crimson, titanium white

and a little Liquin for a painting medium.  

I love the rich colors I am achieving.

This one is available for notecards, postcards 

and prints on Red Bubble click HERE.

Day 7 - I am on a roll !!  Already started the next one yesterday.

More dogs, stay tuned.

The 30 in 30 Challenge and 

Leslie Saeta's "Slices of Life" Blog  click HERE.

There are some wonderful paintings there - check it out!

30 in 30 - Day 5

"Mad Cat"

6" x 8"
oil on canvasboard

This one and Day 4's were painted with a very limited palette.  I decided NOT to lay out so many colors - those blobs dry up if they aren't used in a few plus this is a challenge right?  What better way to challenge then to try to mix colors with 4 or 6 paint dobs. 

I love mixing to get purple, 

you can get some really great hues of it. 

I call this 'mad cat' because his ears were looking like he was perturbed.

His name is Tucker and he has this big mane like a lion - he is a big and fat cat.

You can see more Challenge Artists on Leslie Saeta's blog HERE.

30 in 30 - Day 4

Some of you may have already caught this, but the post for Day 4 was not supposed to be until 12:01 AM on Jan. 5.  This challenge began on Jan. 2nd.

So - thanks to Claire - I am now on target for posting on the right day!

"Into the Fringe"

(pheasant)

oil on wood

(oops, forgot to measure it)

Painted from a photo from 'Paint My Photo' website by John Robinson. 

Leslie Saeta's blog

30 Paintings in 30 Days

It's official - I have joined the "30 Paintings in 30 Days" challenge over at Leslie Saeta's blog.  Since I am a little behind, I will enter my three horses - as the first three days of the month as I just finished them...
They are 'Ticket'...for DAY 1

'Sparkles'...for DAY 2

and 'Johnny'...for DAY 3, altho none were painted in a day.

All 6" x 6" on canvasboard.  

I need to get out to the studio for another one today - stay tuned and be sure to visit Leslie's site to view other art by other artists on this challenge!

Also, updated TODAY - more notecard and print possibilities on Red Bubble.

(See sidebar and click on one of the photos under Red Bubble.)

A Digital Painting of a 'Macaw'

'A'

One thing I wanted to explore more this year is 'doing art' on my iPad.

Here is a macaw that we met on our RV travels, in Oregon, this fall.

Myah - was such a fun subject.  Birds are so cool.

Love how smart they can be, this one was extremely sharp.

Below is the first 'saved' photo of the painting.  The one above has some 'blending' work done in the feather areas.  I don't know which one I like better...A or B (below). 

You can help, which one do you like best?

'B'

Anyway - what fun!  Takes a long time, but I think I already have learned quite a bit about the painting app called "Procreate".  I use a Wacom Bamboo Stylus, which believe it or not, I got last February - 

just NOW getting the correct use with it.  

I have always wanted a Wacom tablet to use on my computer, 

well, I have one now - only it's all done on the iPad with the stylus.

YOU CAN purchase notecards or prints 

of the "B" copy of this digital art (and others, too!) at Red Bubble HERE.

I have ordered the same card you will order and they are REALLY NICE - have some new selections there, as well for the New Year!