30 Days of Painting ~ Blaze of Glory

Blaze of Glory
10"x10" Oil on Museum Board
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Well, I had good intentions of 30 days of painting, but......
Despite all of my best efforts
I managed to catch my husband's head cold
that had me down for the count last week.
On top of that, I've had, as we say in the world of painting,
3 wipers in a row.
Meaning 3 of my last 4 paintings have been not what
I was hoping for and either have been wiped clean
or now sit in the unfinished pile.
With all of that I decided to go back to an old faithful subject,
The Rooster!
Meet "Blaze of Glory"
Quite the regal Fella of Fire!

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30 Days of Painting ~ Glass Study #6 Blue & Green Glass

Glass Study #6 ~ Blue & Green Glass
8"x8" Oil on Archival Board
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Making just a little more progress rendering glass 
in oil paints!
Glass Study #6 I believe is my best one so far.  
Though I have started study #7 so stay tuned.
Some of my astute artist friends, if you look closely 
or go to the larger view 
you may notice a few brush strokes (shhh, don't tell)
I know, another traditional painting AND brush strokes!
Can you believe it???

Sadly, I have fallen off the wagon of 30 days of painting.
However, the reason for this was because I was
in Scottsdale AZ 
going from gallery to gallery viewing LOTS of art.  
So in a way I was painting with my eyes and memories, 
does that count?  I am going for it.  :-)

I am back home now and back to the paints with lots of
inspiration and ideas! 
We shall see what these ideas turn into?

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30 Days of Painting. Glass Study #5 ~ Green Glass with Pink Flowers

Glass Study #5
Green Glass with Pink Flowers
6"x6" Oil on Archival Board
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If you get my newsletter you know that I have been
Longing to paint glass.
With a LOT of patience and a LOT practice
I am slowly making progress.
Also, this is as about as Traditional as I get.
I think this is only my 2nd traditional painting in over 3 years!
I am actually pretty pleased with it and have
definitely made progress
painting of glass.

Any thoughts?
leave a comment below or email me.

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30 Days of Painting ~ Painting #2

Sun #2 ~ Untitled
10"x10" Oil on Archival Board
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Painting #2 from 30 days of painting.
Still in the need of the
Sun's Energy
so I did what I do best, paint the sun.
This one took on a completely Different Twist
from the previous sun's but I REALLY like it.
What do you think?
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30 days of Painting ~ Day 1

"Untitled"
8"x8" Original Oil painting
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A fellow artist has put out a challenge to do 

30 paintings in 30 days 

to start off the New Year. 

Originally I was not going to do this challenge as I am 

NOT a paint a painting in a day person.  

However, the point of the challenge is more to get yourself back into the studio

and paint daily.  So I am challenging myself to paint

daily for the next 30 days.  

To get things started off I turned to my friend and favorite subject to paint

The Sun

No matter what mood I am in, or how non-creative I am feeling

I can Always manage to paint the Sun. 

So for Day One, I did manage to do a painting in a day.

Since I wasn't planning on doing the challenge I hadn't 

prepped my website for links and such. 

Please bear with me while I put on the computer geek hat and provide 

you with better links to view these challenge paintings

in larger versions. 

Also,

since I have no title for this painting, if something comes to mind please

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