So far in this challenge I’ve enjoyed drawing the skeleton creatures the most. I also think they’ve turned out really well. The bugs were also fun to draw despite cockroaches and spiders making my skin crawl. My husband even commented about how surprised he was that I would draw a spider. He knows me…
Category: Still Life
Inktober 2018 – Part 1
I’m having a lot of fun with Inktober so far this year. Above is my first 10 days of the challenge. I’ve forgotten to draw on three separate occasions so far, but I have tried to stay caught up by doing two drawings in a day here and there. Remembering to do it every…
Giving up on the Strawberries
This strawberry painting has given me trouble these last two weeks. It started off promising enough, but quickly went down hill. I painted over the first version and I’m still not very thrilled about it. The perspective is slightly better, but that is pretty much it. I would like to warm up…
Stuck in Cement
What to say about this one… well for starters this is a lovely fake succulent that I can’t decide whether it looks more fake as a painting than it does in life. This is also the first painting I’ve done on the aluminum panels I primed. Working on the primed surface is comparable to…
The Golden Goblet
There is something you need to know about me. I love painting glass. I don’t know exactly why, but I’m sure it’s something about the odd abstractions it creates or the challenge of making it look transparent. Metal is fun for some of the same reasons. Glass usually has the added challenge of ellipses…
What It’s Like to Oil Paint on Aluminum
Here is the last painting in this little mini series of owl paintings. I was given these little owl planters for my birthday this year and immediately knew I would paint them. Since I hadn’t been painting regularly, you can (or at least I can) clearly see a progression in the work. This orange…
Sticking with What I’m Good At
These little experimental paintings are exactly what I needed to get me out of my painting funk. I think I’ve also finally decided to embrace still lifes. I genuinely enjoy painting them as well as setting them up. The last few months have really been a struggle to get myself to paint and focusing…
Peppers in a Bowl
This painting was started way back in November 2017. It sat, mostly finished, for a couple of months while I completed other projects. I couldn’t stand to leave it, so close to being done, so I quickly finished it after the 30 in 30 challenge in January. Finishing it before starting a new project…
January 2018: 30 in 30 Challenge – Results Post
Despite how difficult it is to complete a 30 in 30 challenge, I highly recommend it as a means to quickly advance your painting skills. It took me a year to see the same amount of improvement I saw in these 30 days. Plus, I created a bunch of paintings that I really like…
January 2018: 30 in 30 Challenge – Days 26-30
Oh, man. The final 5 paintings are done. This challenge is finished and I’m spent. I don’t know how people paint every single day all the time. It’s a lot harder than it looks, but I imagine it gets easier with time. The first day I didn’t paint I wandered around my house not…
January 2018: 30 in 30 Challenge – Days 19-25
I’m in the home stretch! Only 5 paintings left. I have no clue what I’m going to scrounge up for those final paintings though. My studio is littered with a collection of the most random objects from around my house. Most of them don’t work for what I’m after though. If I do this…
January 2018 30 in 30 Challenge – Days 12-18
I’m just over half way through the 30 paintings in 30 days challenge. My dreams for this challenge were definitely lofty and a little glamorous. I envisioned every single painting being a masterpiece, that each still life would be easy to arrange, and that I would be excited to paint every day. So far,…