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Day 12 Painting

  By Elaine | September 26, 2015 - 3:44 AM | Challenges, Inspiration for Artists, Landscape, Revisiting My Watercolor Roots
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20150925_151751-boat-cropped PS15-smaller to post     Old Red Boat

After three days of being a WIP, I finally finished this painting Friday afternoon! I actually was working back and forth on two different paintings-the other, a Bald Eagle, is nearing completion. This is another reference from my friend, mentor, teacher, Jim, done there before I rejoined his class. I just brought home the reference to paint here. I’ll take the finished work to the next class to share with him and the other students-curious to see what he’ll say about it. It was an interesting project, very different from the type of scene I would usually choose. But in order to continue to learn, you have to step out of your comfort zone at least sometimes! It’s all good, as long as you’re creating something!

Challenges

  By Elaine | January 26, 2015 - 3:47 AM | Challenges
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I’ve worked and worked, on top of a Costco and grocery store shopping trip and the normal everyday chores and cooking, and still no painting is finished. I wish I could figure out how to paint decently and yet faster! I have three works in progress, one very doubtful, one more drawn and ready to paint-and only 5 more days left to the challenge. On top of that, I have only finished and posted 22 paintings. Can I get 8 done in 5 days? Doubtful, but I’m still going to do all I can to achieve that goal. Whether or not I do meet the goal, I have by far painted more in the past 23 days than I have ever before and that’s something to be proud of!

Since I have nothing completed to post, I’ll share another couple of paintings from the eight I painted in September. The first one was, in fact, the first painting I did for the September challenge-mostly because it was also the Wetcanvas September Watercolor challenge. I like the way it came out, especially since I know next to nothing about boats… The second is, if I remember right, the seventh one I painted; it was done en plein air in my back yard on a beautiful, sunny day. It was one of those days when, knowing winter wasn’t far off, you can’t resist being out enjoying the nice weather while it lasts! It is an image of one of my dying summer plants on the deck, fall color very evident.

WC September 2014 Watercolor Challenge-v 3-one to use-ready to post  “Sail Away”   September challenge painting

IMG_20140930_210834_054-tomato leaves-croppedPS-smaller to post  “Autumn Leaves”   September challenge painting