I've decided to take the challenge of doing thirty paintings in thirty days. That should keep me busy, but I think it is what I need to get me through the next month and still be sane after spending the month in frozen SD rather than down someplace where it is warm.
So, today I began. I'm planning on doing them all in oils and on a small scale. Maybe toward the end of the month I'll up the ante a little and do some larger ones.
My challenge to myself is to take some of the sketches from my sketch books and turn them into paintings. Some are landscapes, some are figures, and some are just doodles which would make very nice abstracts. This will be a real test of my stick-to- itiveness (if that's even a word.)
This little landscape was one I did on the south edge of Watertown while at a balloon festival. I'll probably do more from those pages as well. I'm really hoping that by painting fast, I'll be able to free myself up and work toward a new style I have seen developing for a while now. We'll see by the end of the month if I am as much looser in my painting as I would like to be.
This painting is 8 x 10" and would sell for $150.
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Early Sunrise on the Farm
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Yesterday I started another painting just for the fun of it. I took the photo of my sister and her youngest daughter many, many years ago. Yes, Kris, it is you! What I liked about the photo were the angular lines made by the limbs of the mother and daughter. My plan is to capitalize on this and to think of it as a painting rather than a portrait. My intention is not to make it a portrait so that I can concentrate on lines, shapes, and colors while I'm painting. I will try to post photos as I make changes in the painting.