Pair of Pears

6" x 6"

Oil on Gessoboard

 

So far I am keeping to my one hour time limit.  I would like to start doing more complicated compositions and see how I do with that.

The Huddle

5" x 7"

Oil on Gessoboard

 

This is the second day of my one hour paintings.  I wasn't completely happy with the outcome but I have to keep reminding myself to let it go.  I do think that I will learn a lot from doing a number of small time limit paintings rather than one large painting.  It takes me outside of my comfort zone.

Garden Gem

6" x 6"

Oil on Gessoboard

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I have really admired the artists that have been able to do a daily painting.  I have tried but I get so bogged down in details on the paintings that I found it was taking up most of my time and I didn't have the time to devote to my larger paintings.

I viewed Diane Mannion's Art Byte on Daily Paintworks.  I didn't know what to expect from it with the title being "Secrets of the Underworld", but hey, it was free.  It was really inspiring to me!  She takes you through a one hour exercise in doing a daily painting, that can be used as a reference for a larger painting.

It was like a light bulb going on in my brain!  I decided I would take this approach with my not so daily paintings and try to become a true daily painter.  This is my first one hour painting.  I have a clock on the wall behind my easel and I am sticking to my one hour time frame.  I am also using a limited palette of red, yellow, blue, and burnt umber for toning the canvas and sketching.  I do find I am spending some time mixing the colours but I am getting better at that.

After I walk away for a while, I do come back and see the things I want to fix.  So far I have been able to leave them alone but it is hard for me.  I think I will learn a great deal from these.

Sunlit Egret

12" x 12"

Acrylic on Canvas

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Someone saw this piece when I was working on it and wanted to purchase it when it was finished.  I wish that would happen with every painting.

Baby Mallard

6" x 6"

Oil on Canvas

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I found a family of Mallard ducks near the water on Lake Ontario.  I was somewhat hidden by bushes so I was able to get some great photos of the babies with their mother without them being bothered by me.

Deserted

8" x 8"

Oil on Gessoboard

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I painted this for a small works juried show.  I had the wrong date for the deadline for entry and missed it by a few days, so here it is.

Follow Me

Follow Me

7" x 5"

Oil on Gesso Board

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These are two baby Canada Geese walking up from the water to have a snack.  I was able to get quite close to them but under the watchful eye of the mother and father.  I have posted the picture below of one of them keeping an eye on me.

I think it is Father Goose with Mother Goose right behind him.  He let me get a little closer to him than he did to his babies.