Compilation of the 30 Paintings in 30 Days for 2016!!!

Painting 30 in 30 - Last Day - DAY 30!!!!! Raven Revisited

"Quoth the Raven"

8" x 8"

Raymar canvasboard 

acrylic mixed media

Painting 30 in 30 - Day 29/Moon

"Biological Rhythms"

6" x 6"

acrylic on wood

Painting 30 in 30 - Day 28/Row

"Windbreak"

acrylic mixed media

8" x 8"

Raymar canvasboard

Painting 30 in 30 - Day 27/Blue/Gold

"Confidentiality"

6" x 8"

acrylic mixed media

Painting 30 in 30 - Day 26/Hearts

"Let the Heart Remember"

10" x 10"

acrylic paint, tissue paper collage, paint pen

Painting 30 in 30 - Day 25/Cave

"Looking Out From the Bat Cave"

13" x 19"

Watercolor, acrylic and inks

on Arches 140 lb cold press

Painting 30 in 30 - Day 24/Squares

"Cautionary Tale"

6" x 8"

ink and watercolor on Arches

Painting 30 in 30 - Day 23/Macaw

"The Preen"

7" x 12"

watercolor on Arches 140 lb. coldpress

Feathers and more feathers today, I got

completely lost...

in time - that is.

Painting 30 in 30 - Day 22/Goatheads

"No Marigolds in the Promised Land"

10" x 20"

acrylic/ink/mixed media

on Arches OLEO

Painting 30 in 30 - Day 21/Bird

"A Pause in the Feast"

10" x 10"

acrylic mixed media

(acrylic, collage, watercolor)

Painting 30 in 30 - Day 20/Eclipse

"Penumbra"

6" x 6"

mixed media/acrylic, ink, watercolor

on Raymar canvasboard

Painting 30 in 30 - Day 19/Fox

"Urbanite"

9" x 12"

mixed media

gouache and watercolor

Painting 30 in 30 - Day 18/Caliber

"MISCALIBRATION"

6" x 6"

acrylic mixed media

on Raymar canvasboard

(SOLD)

Painting 30 in 30 - Day 17/Coyote

"Winter Coat"

8" x 10"

Acrylic and watercolor inks

Painting 30 in 30 - Day 16/Redbird

"Redbird Highway"

9" x 12"

collage with acrylic mixed media

Painting 30 in 30 - Day 15/NYC

"New York Values"

5" x 8"

mixed media on Canson royal blue Colorline

mounted on foam core

watercolor and pastel

Painting 30 in 30 - Day 14/Snow

"Snowsquall on the Central Plains"

9" x 12"

mixed media/acrylic on canvasboard

Painting 30 in 30 - Day 13/Rose

"Singleton"

4" x 6"

pastel,watercolor ink and gouache

on sanded UArt board

Last year I was a resident at Loveland, Colorado's

Independence Gallery.  

Each year, the gallery owner, Billie Colson

sponsors an event that

highlights and benefits

Cystic Fibrosis research.

Here is a poster featuring this

year's annual event.

Thought I would take a day of my 30 in 30

to paint a rose and get it framed.

This rose will be headed to the gallery

as soon as I can cut the glass for

the frame and mat.

The source for this was from a photo

that my florist daughter supplied.

It will be in an 8" x 10" frame.

Painting 30 in 30 - Day 12/Raven

"Struttin'"

6" x 8"

acrylic/mixed media

(SOLD)

Painting 30 in 30 - Day 11/Sostenuto

"Sostenuto"

acrylic on wrapped canvas

18" x 24"

I see many things in this one, at first I saw birthday candles, 

then I saw piano hammers/striking the soundboard.

Thus - sostenuto - which means 'sustained' in Italian.

Painting 30 in 30 - Day 10/Grass

"Window Grass"

14" x 14"

mixed media on wrapped canvas

Finally, getting true to my goal making when I began.

Stepping WAYYY out of my comfort zone.

But I have to confess, this was just 

more fun to do, than anything

I have done in awhile.

Painting 30 in 30 - Day 9/Deer

"Innocence"

7" x 9"

mixed media

watercolor/colored pencil/gouache

Painted from a photo that I borrowed from my

friend - Danni.  I loved

the sweet look on this white-tail's face

as he obviously was aware that

something was going on.

Danni has an awesome blog

On the Way to Critter Farm.

You can visit it HERE.

Thanks Danni!

Painting 30 in 30 - Day 8/Doves

"Mourning Doves"

5" x 15"

mixed media

on Canson Colorline/Heather

pastel and gouache

These doves are actually a pair that I took several photos

of, on my brother and sister-in-law's deck awhile back.

I compiled two photos of each dove

to make this plethora of birds on the railing.

Painting 30 in 30 - Day 7/Trees

"Twisted"

5 1/2" x 10"

mixed media on Canson Colorline blue

pastel on gouache

I loved doing this one today. These are my dead trees in winter, minus many twiggy branches.  I loved how the light was filtering through them creating such great shadows.

I am very fond of this surface but will have to make a few minor changes when using it next time - like mount it on a board...as it warps a little when you seal it with clear gesso.  It's very papery, too, Tape on top is very hard to remove without tearing the surface.  I used gouache to paint the trees and pastel pencil on top.

Yes, it is for sale, just email me.

Painting 30 in 30 - Day 6/Trout

"Rainbows"
10" x 20"
mixed media (watercolor, gouache and acrylic)
on wrapped canvas
(SOLD)

I have tried to 'fish' from time to time..catching only a few fish in my entire life, however,

I have been around a lot of fishing addicts who LOVE to fish so this quote seems

to make sense to me.

"If people concentrated on the really important things in life, 

there'd be a shortage of fishing poles."

-Doug Larson

Rainbow Trout, seem to me - the most beautiful fish, if you think

a fish could be lovely.  To me, it is.

Painting 30 in 30 - Day 5/Cranes

"Passing Through"

16" x 20"

mixed media

Acrylic paint and Dr. Martin watercolor again today.

While in Michigan this fall, we saw the sandhill 

cranes out in a field. 

Long range lenses come in so handy.

Onto Day 6 tomorrow!

To see more art by others in the challenge, click on the Christmas tree 

in sidebar.

Painting 30 in 30 - Day 4/Abstract 3

Part Three of "Annual Checkup"

10" x 10"

mixed media

This is how they might look hanging on your wall, maybe not so much spacing between.

 Tomorrow, onto other things.  Almost didn't do this number 3 today and postpone it to another day.

Glad I did it - however, big dirty brush water container spill - 

all over everything at floor level.  Ugh...

Painting 30 in 30 - Day 3/Abstract 2

 "Checkup ~ Part Deux"

10" x 10"

mixed media

Same drill as yesterday with a twist.

I have to always push myself to hold BACK on

the brush handle..as I often find

myself too detail'y' and too tight,

so I drew with black Sharpie

a line in the sand...don't cross it.

For the most part I didn't.

This one didn't take as long as the other one...but I imagine

number 3 will go even faster.

Palette is all set up,

steps were already figured out.

The only change was how to 

manipulate the image.

I had help as usual from Pye and Mika.

They are my studio cats.

They almost don't fit on the window ledge together anymore.

Here are number 1 and number 2 - 

challenge for tomorrow, make ONE more to go with them.

I noticed that the gold Sharpie 

paint pen didn't show up as well on

number 2.  I think it's because the

entire painting was still damp.

Painting 30 in 30 - Day 2/Abstract 1

"Annual Checkup"

10" x 10"

mixed watermedia

This one really pushed me way out of my comfort zone.

I don't think I have done a serious ABSTRACT since college.

Back in those days, the heavy gel that is used today

was called 'impasto paste'.  I used a little on this one.

Steps follow next page:

Painting 30 Paintings in 30 Days - Day 1/Tulips

Happy New Year!

So glad it's 2016 - to begin Thirty Paintings in Thirty Days!

Holding true to my plan (having fun with mixed media), this is number ONE!

"Bringing Spring Inside"

8 1/2" x 10"

pastel and watercolor on dusty rose Art Spectrum

This is the first thing I did to the surface, using Dr. Martin's

very vivid watercolors.

I began by drawing and painting a crude idea of where the 

main parts of the plant go. I used my own photo

of tulips I received several years ago.

I put it in an 11" x 14" mat to see the edges of 

what I wanted framed, if needed.