Here it is. Is it better or worse? I’m not entirely sure. In many ways I think it is improved. In other ways it’s possibly worse. I’m really proud of myself for taking a risk with this painting though. I’m a novice at palette knife painting. Without really knowing what I was doing I went…
Category: Still Life
Revisiting an Old Painting
It has been a while since I’ve done a work in progress post. It has also been a while since I’ve done any oil painting. Be prepared. The photo above is from where I left this painting in 2017. This week I busted out the palette knives and went to town. Already it is looking…
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…
2019 Strada Easel 31 Day Challenge
For the month of January I will be participating in the Strada Easel 31 Day Challenge featured on their Facebook page. If you complete all 31 paintings and post them to your Facebook page daily, you will be entered in a drawing to win a Strada Easel. The rules are simple: Enter the contest before…
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 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…