#30paintingsin30days Challenge-Day 1

I've done this challenge before about a year ago.  The challenge is to paint a painting each day for 30 days.  I really should have preplanned this a little better. As of this morning, I was not sure what I was going to paint.  The reference photo was taken by my BIL Christopher Byrd and I have been saving it on my laptop for awhile now.

Part of the challenge for me is to broaden my horizons a little so I am not planning on using a lot of my same colors and color combinations for these paintings.  I started by drawing the cup on my wood panel.

I looked on my color wheel to get ideas on what colors to use with yellow ochre because that was the main color for the piece.  I picked 2 colors that matched it on the triad color wheel which were Red/Violet and Blue/Green.  It took me about 20 minutes to find my tube of Turquoise because I never use it!

"Morning", Acrylic on Wood Panel, 6"x6"

I'm happy how it turned out even though I cringed a little before posting up on Facebook because it looks totally different than what I normally do.

Painting is available to purchase through Daily Paintworks.

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"Sam's Flowers", Acrylic on Gallery Wrap Canvas, 8"x10"

"Sam's Flowers", Acrylic on Gallery Wrap Canvas, 8"x10".

This painting was completed not too long.  The original intention was to give it as a wedding gift to a couple that got married in September.  Things were a little crazy for me late August through October so a bunch of things got put on the back burner.

I had learned that the bride's favorite flowers are lavender hydrangeas.  However in my mind I remembered it as pink hydrangeas.  So I searched and searched for pink hydrageas.  I ended up going to a florist who I was able to purchase some from for a photo shoot.

It was at this point, that I rechecked my source for the information on the bride's favorite flowers and realized that I had misunderstood.  Ugh! I was pretty much burnt out from my search for the pink ones that I didn't want to start a search for lavender ones!

I don't make it a practice of changing out a color of a flower on the reference photo but I looked at it as a challenge at this point.  I worked consistently on it and finally finished the painting.

I ended up liking the final painting so much that I included it on my 2017 Art Calendar.  Order yours here!

BTW-the bride and groom just recently received their gift and they loved it.

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2017 Art Calendars are here!

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Each month has an image from the paintings depicted above.

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"Pug", Acrylic on Canvas, 8"x10"

I just finished up this cute painting of a pug.  I love the green background on it.  I currently have it for sale at Daily Paintworks.

I have a couple more pet portraits that I will be posting in the next couple of weeks.  I have been really busy teaching and planning for my art classes so it hasn't given me a lot of time to work on my own paintings.  I am hoping for more time in the studio in the next few weeks.

Stay tuned!

"Small Trio", Acrylic on Gallery Wrap Canvas 5"x7"

I was busy last week finishing up a couple of paintings for a recent show.  I decided to do a smaller painting of peppers using a trio of peppers I bought from Trader Joe's.  Once again, I am using the Liquitex Slo-Blending Medium. Wondering where this product has been all my life!  It really has been helping me.  I can't wait to get in the studio and finish up some paintings using this medium.

This painting is currently for sale at Daily Paintworks.

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"Yellow Tulips", Acrylic on Gessobord, 16"x20"

I just recently finished this painting that I had been working on for a long time.  It took a while for me to figure out how I wanted to lay the colors.  I have been using Liquitex Slo-Blending Medium for the last couple of paintings and it has been helping me with the blending of the colors.

This painting is for sale through Daily Paintworks.

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"Bowl of Cherries", Acrylic on Canvas, 8"x8"-SOLD!

I just finished up this painting this week.  I used a photo from a Facebook friend for the reference photo.  I have never painted cherries before so I was excited to have a new subject to try.  I have been using Liquitex Slow-Dri Blending Medium on the last couple of paintings.  I am enjoying experimenting with it.  It gives longer drying times for the acrylic paints in order to blend better.

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