Day 1 and I’m already struggling. The yellow has been pretty difficult to mix so far. The green created by mixing the yellow and blue was really gross. You can see it only in a tiny part of this painting behind the trees on the right on the distant mountainside. My main way of getting…
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Ginger Portrait Complete – Part 5
So, I’ve been working on this painting for quite a while now. I took a break from it for the Strada Easel Challenge because I was getting frustrated with it. When I did finally come back to it, I hated it. I hated it so much that I made the drastic decision to start over…
Tequila Commissions
A friend of mine who bought a painting from my 31-day challenge in January knew she wanted another painting or two but couldn’t decide on which ones. Ultimately, she approached me and asked if I painted things other than food like glass. I told her I did, and she asked if I would be willing…
2019 Strada 31-Day Challenge Complete
This challenge went better than I had anticipated. And I finished it. Woo! Compared to the first time I did a 30-day challenge, this time was a cake walk. I’m not totally sure why though. It could be that my subjects were easier, I was more practiced in daily painting, the fact that I didn’t…
2019 Strada Easel Challenge Days 25-31
Finished! This was a really hard week, but I was glad to have the distraction. Next week I’m going to do a final post displaying all of these paintings together and let you know which ones are my favorites. Day 25. I was surprised to find these mandarin oranges with stems at my local supermarket….
2019 Strada Easel Challenge Days 18-24
Only seven days left! I’m so proud of myself for making it this far into the challenge. I can’t wait to see what I come up with for the final week. Day 18 went pretty smoothly once I figured out the composition. It turns out it isn’t the easiest thing in the world to make…
2019 Strada Easel Challenge Days 11-17
I’m halfway done!!! Actually, more than halfway. Only 14 days remaining in this 31-day challenge. I’m having a dilemma. While I like the painterly look of some of these newer paintings and I can get them done relatively quickly, I’m on the fence about them. I think I liked the more refined paintings I was…
2019 Strada Easel Challenge Days 4-10
So far I’m really happy with how this challenge is shaping up. Aside from a couple of paintings, I’m thrilled with how the paintings are turning out. Today I’m a third of the way through the challenge and it has really flown by. The challenge I did last year really drug on, but I was…
2019 Strada Easel Challenge Days 1-3
I know it isn’t a very big reveal this week, but here are the first three paintings of the challenge. Out of the three, I’m happiest with the beets. I put a couple hours into that one and really pushed it to a more polished finish. Or it could just be that I love the…
2018 Year in Review
This year was definitely interesting as far as my painting habits go. It was both very productive in which I created some of my best paintings yet and very unproductive which led to a real struggle with painting in general. I started the year off with a bang and completed a 30 paintings in 30…
Inktober 2018 – Part 4
Inktober was a good challenge and I enjoyed drawing and I even seem to have improved a little by the end. I came close, but didn’t finish the challenge. My sweet old dog’s health rapidly declined at the end of October and she passed away. Shanzi was the best dog I could have ever hoped to…
Inktober 2018 – Part 3
This week was a real struggle to sit down and get these little drawings done. I just had zero desire to draw, but I think this might be my best week yet as far as the actual drawings go. I think I’m finally starting to see improvement in how I handle the ink. At…