Day 2 of Paint 30 Paintings in 30 days

I'm playing catch up...here's the final project for the Skillshare class I talked about in the last post.  If you love watercolors, you should really try this...I had a lot of fun playing with the paint and textures...maybe there's a galaxy out there that looks like this :)

30 Paintings in 30 Days! Day #1

It's been a while since I've posted here, but it's a new year with new beginnings!  Since I'm on a break from art school, I've decided to accept the 30 Paintings in 30 Days challenge!  Anyone can sign up at any time, so if you feel like you need a shove in the right direction, here's the link:  http://30paintingsin30days.weebly.com/blog

So I'm starting my 30 day journey with a watercolor exercise from one of my Skillshare classes (yep...I'm a Skillshare junkie), Modern Watercolor Techniques taught by Ana Victoria Calderon.  It's an exercise focused on textures and was a lot of fun, I threw in calligraphy using my Pilot Parallel pen just cuz.

Finished watercolors

Okay, so I didn't make it through the A to Z challenge but I got about halfway.  Work got crazy, school assignments were getting pretty involved and I needed sleep.  Here are the finished paintings from class.  I will be working on some new stuff this month...custom painted jackets for one and some originals for an upcoming art show in July.

Wow...time flies...N, O, P and Q

It's been crazy at work, staying late getting ready for auction and then home to walk the dog (the only breather right now), then homework.  My mother has been wonderful ...she's been making dinner for me the last couple of nights.  So needless to say I have not been posting here...I have a team project for one of my online classes which is a little difficult to keep up with.  So I've missed a few days of this.  Auction starts Saturday so I'll be working until after midnight 9 nights in a row, then some time off!  If I don't get to post during that time, I will after auction is over.

Yesterday a friend picked up some of my herbal pillows and prints to take to the New Day Daycare Auction that's happening on Saturday- I wish them all of the best and hope they raise Piles of money!  Also, I'll be working on my clothed figure assignment and doing some practice paintings of fabric, so look for those too.  I'll be here Off and On...so keep an eye out.  This blog is quintessential after all...  :)

"M" is for Marlboro

I think I have an obsession with photos or art that depict women smoking.  I loved smoking...I used to smoke, for quite sometime.  Anyway, for my next watercolor assignment, we're supposed to paint a clothed figure.  I can draw a figure or face...no problem, but the watercolor is a totally different animal.

Our first step was to create a line drawing, I wanted mine uber accurate, so I used a light box.  And just so you know...it's not "cheating" if you know how to draw...if you use it exclusively, as your only means of drawing, then it's a cheat.   After the line drawing, we were to shade the drawing and then we'll transfer it to watercolor paper.  Here it is so far....I love this photo...found it on Pinterest here.  I'm not sure if he took the photo, or just pinned it.

I can see now with a side by side that I need to go much darker with the left side of her face...

and down her neck.  Now I see why they have us do this.

My 2b pencil was a stump when I finished and I was too lazy to get up and sharpen it.  

This is what happens when you do something like this at 11pm.  At least for me ;)

"J"..."K"...."L"....stands for....

Alright, so I missed a couple of days, things have been wicked busy and I've been burning the candle at both ends lately.  Trying to get homework wrapped up before the weekend because we'll be out of town...and staying later at work, plus my other class.  I honestly forgot about the blog...oops.  So I wanted to post my finished Landscape...there is the "L" for today.....I'm not super happy with this but here it is, and I'm posting the rest of the work in progress shots as well...enjoy.

"I" is for Ideals

It's funny that this was supposed to be a blog helping me to create artwork everyday, but it's turning into something else I think.  At the end of a long day, vet appointment, dog walk, dinner and homework...there really isn't a ton of time left for starting a piece of artwork.  I know this situation is temporary so it doesn't bother me and the ideas that I have to put on canvas/paper are many.

So 'I' is for my ideals and what I want to accomplish.  I have a festival coming up in July and not a whole lot of original work, so the idea is to set a goal of creating 3-4 paintings a week until the festival.  Right now, work is crazy until the end of April, so I plan on being nice to myself in the meantime and concentrating on completing my homework to the best of my ability while auction is going on at work.  Once auction is over I'll be able to concentrate more fully on my "ideals".