Day 16 - Painting Fish

 

"Catch"

9" x 12"

acrylic on Raymar canvas panel

DAY 16 of 30 in 30

Inspired by a photo sent to us by a family member, 

whose 'group' caught LOTS of

these fish/striped and white bass. They were laid all out in a photo - 

so I flipped them a little and selected

the number '5' for a vertical placement/composition on the canvas.

Spent a LONG time on this one, it's more like about 2 days worth of

easel time, but I kept it going to get it done in one day.

Liked it, it was fun and it went through many metamorphoses before

I got it to this point..could work some more on it, but HEY, it's a daily painting.

Thanks for stopping by.  Please leave a comment if you care to.

DAY 16 of 30 Paintings in 30 Days

"Bear"

6" x 8"

pastel on gatorboard

Bear - a symbol of courage, physical strength and leadership.

Mother Bear - the ultimate protector.

Sort of hit the wall today.  Not happy with the background.

Had it going, then 'noodled' it too much

and lost my chance of freshness.

Wiping it off, usually ruins it when I do it -

wiped it two or three times.

But, have to move on!

Thanks for looking!

DAY 16 - Painting 30 Paintings in 30 Days (Downy)

"Downy"

6" x 6"

oil on birch panel

This little guy lives in the hood, and visits quite a lot

either seed or suet, he is a big eater and

very sassy to the other locals

A Commercial Break - in 30 Paintings in 30 Days

Each morning (for the past 16 days and for the next 14 days) I do some figuring and tracking of this experience with goals and marketing tweaks in mind. This process is in lieu of setting GOALS and making plans for 2014.  Jumping right into this for 30 days, creates a magic time element, that I never seem to have time enough to sort through and come up with a solid and workable 

plan for the new year.

I keep track of :

• 'traffic', 
• comments, 
• where I have visited, 
• how I posted my work on FB and other social media/blogs/shops/call it 'social proof' -always considering the 'variables' that have to be realized - because there is a REAL ebb and flow to internet 'doings' - taking BIG notes in a spiral notebook - special for this activity ~ "My 30 in 30 JOURNAL"
• about what to do or fix on certain paintings, 
• what worked and what didn't in this posting, painting and my thinking, 
• numbers of digital photo frames of the BEST possible shots for cropping and posting my work (I take many each time I am finished - I save a large file for myself and a small file for posting)
• note the possible titles I came up with as I narrowed down my brainstormings (this is always tricky)

I also note what had to be done that day, like 'go to the bank', go grocery shopping, etc..to remind me that life happens and that I CAN work around life to make art DAILY, if I want to or dare I say, need to.   It's nice to look back on the process you went through, what you were thinking, what worked, what didn't - this is a month long EXERCISE - and all with a purpose - 

Painting 30 Paintings in 30 Days - 

with a theme or goal in mind.