A Cause for Celebration

5" x 7"

Oil on Gessoboard

 

The last day for Leslie Saeta's 30 Paintings in 30 Days Painting Challenge.  I thought a celebration cupcake would be well suited for the occasion.  As well it is my birthday today so more reason for celebration.  I had a great day today and finished it off this evening by painting my cupcake.  It has been fun the past month!

Bowl of Boscs

5 " x 7"

Oil on Gessoboard

Day 29 of Leslie Saeta's Painting Challenge.  The second to last day.  Another weekend with too much to do so I had to squeeze the painting time in.  I have painted this pottery bowl in pastel before and could capture the texture very well.  I found it difficult to do it with oil in one sitting because of the wetness of the oils.  I will probably go back to this one once it dries and work on the bowl a bit.

Lemon Yellow

5" x 7"

Oil on Gessoboard

Day 27 of Leslie Saeta's Painting Challenge.  Only three more to go.  I really do enjoy doing these and they have become a warm up for working on larger paintings.  When I work on small pieces I don't feel the same hesitation that I feel when working on a larger piece.  If a small painting doesn't work out, it's no big deal.  If a larger painting isn't working I feel I am wasting materials and time.  Working on a small painting before moving to a larger piece allows me to loosen up and relax.

Cherry Martini

6" x 6"

Oil on Gessoboard

 

 

This is Day 14 of Leslie Saeta's Painting Challenge.  It is 10 p.m. for me and I just finished the painting.  We were babysitting our 3 year old Granddaughter today and only got a chance to finish the painting once she went to bed.  I am so tired, those 3 year olds never run out of energy!  I could use a martini myself about now!

Refelctions of Cherries

8" x 8"

Oil on Gessoboard

It is Friday the 13th today and day 13 of Leslie Saeta's 30 in 30.  I was happy with this painting.  I think I will do a bit of glazing once it dries to give it some more depth.  I love painting this type of tablecloth, gives it some interest.

Couple of Clementines

6" x 6"

Oil on Gessoboard

 

 

This is Day 7 of Leslie Saeta's 30 in 30 painting challenge.  One week completed!  I spent part of the day today at a large antique show in our town.  It poured rain but we kept on going through and I found some great things to paint.  Looking forward to it.

Seeing Spots

5" x 7"

Oil on Gessoboard

 

This is my first post in a little while.  I have been busy trying to update my website, www.loisshawfineart.com, and also I have started a Facebook page.  It is driving me a bit crazy.  I don't even know the address to put here to link you to it.  I have never been on Facebook (probably one of the only people) and I am finding it difficult to navigate. 

I am getting back to painting a small piece each day.  I have a few shows coming up and these are great pieces to sell at shows.

Outside the Box

7" x 5 "

Oil on Gessoboard

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This is Day 30 of Leslie Saeta's 30 paintings in 30 days painting challenge.  This is the last one, and another pear.  I painted a painting each of the 30 days, not painting any ahead of time which is how I wanted to do it.  Through this I discovered I am not a daily painter.  That being said, I do like to paint each day but I don't think I can keep up with finishing a painting each day.  I found that I am more comfortable with my palette and color mixing to the point that I don't have to think about where the colors are on my palette or what colors need to be mixed to achieve a certain color.  This is definitely a result of painting everyday.  I am going to continue to paint everyday, but I won't be finishing a small painting each day.  This challenge certainly has inspired me to think of larger scale paintings, and I have lots of ideas.  Looking forward to it!

On a different note, I took a three evening workshop in glass fusing.  These are the pendants I made in that workshop and I am excited to try some on my own now.  I liked painting on the glass and I think I would like to try some more with painting.

Inside the Box

7" x 5"

Oil on Gessoboard

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This is Day 29 of Leslie Saeta's painting challenge.  It is coming to the end and I think I will end with pears.  My favorite thing to paint.  This pear is sitting inside an antique cheese box, fits nicely.

Salt, No Pepper

7" x 5"

Oil on Gessoboard

 

This is Day 28 of Leslie Saeta's painting challenge, only two left.  I was going to paint the salt and then for tomorrow paint the pepper.  I didn't enjoy painting this one so it's salt and no pepper.

Swaddled

6" x 6"

Oil on Gessoboard

Sold

This is Day 22 of Leslie Saeta's 30 paintings in 30 days painting challenge.  After yesterday's teacup painting I thought I would go back to another pear.  Pears make me happy!

Tea with Lemon

8" x 8"

Oil on Gessoboard

NFS

This is Day 21 of Leslie Saeta's painting challenge.  This was a frustrating painting and I don't think I was happy with it at any point.  That is why it is not for sale.  Usually at some point in a painting I will really like it and it takes off from there, not with this one.  It is one I probably would have liked to work with some glazing but you can't do that in a couple of hours.  So I may go back at some point and work on it.  I had to post it because that is my painting for the day, I guess you have to take the good with the bad and not everyday will be a good painting day!

The Protector

6" x 6"

Oil on Gessoboard

 

This is Day 20 of Leslie Seata's painting challenge.  Another painting of pears.  People may get tired of looking at them but I never tire of painting them.  Also, they are fast and easy for me to paint.  That may not be much of a challenge for me but it gave me some time to get caught up with the webinarts course for this month.  I am up to date now.

Freshly Picked

6" x 6" 

Oil on Gessoboard

 

This is Day 19 of Leslie Saeta's painting challenge.  You really have to give the daily painters credit if they are painting and posting each day.  The artist that Leslie interviewed on AHA, Lisa Daria Kennedy, paints everyday even on Christmas.  She doesn't paint ahead of time.  This takes a lot of discipline.  I am painting each day but find I am getting later in the day for my posts.  I am going to try getting up earlier in the morning and painting first thing.  We will see!

Nestled

6" x 6"

Oil on Gessoboard

Sold

This is Day 18 of Leslie Saeta's painting challenge.  I didn't know what to paint this morning so I went to my comfort zone, pears.  I find it easier if I plan ahead for a few days what I will be painting.

Sitting in the Bowl

5" x 7"

Oil on Gessoboard

 

This is Day 17 of Leslie Saeta's painting challenge.  My husband is having surgery next week.  We spent all day yesterday at the hospital for his pre-op appointment.  We have to go out of town for his specialist and surgery, so it is a two hour drive each way and I wasn't left with much painting time.  I painted this tomatoe quickly (I added the 'e' on tomatoe for the Canadian spelling).

Antique Glass

10 " x 8"

Oil on Gessoboard

 

This is Day 16 of Leslie Saeta's painting challenge.  This is another painting that I had blocked in and didn't finish so I thought I would give it a try.  I am still not happy with the pear, I may play around with that a bit more.

A Couple

6" x 6"

Oil on Gessoboard

 

This is Day 15 of Leslie Saeta's painting challenge.  Half way there to 30 paintings in 30 days.  This photo doesn't look as good as the original painting.  I will have to retake a photo when I have time.

Copper Glow

10" x 8"

Oil on Gessoboard

 

This is Day 14 of Leslie Saeta's 30 in 30 painting challenge.  Almost halfway there.  This is a painting I started in the summer and never finished.  This painting challenge is a good chance to finish up some of those pieces.  Although, it took me longer to finish this than it would have to do a new painting.

Mixing Eggs

7" x 5"

Oil on Gessoboard

 

This is Day 13 of Leslie Saeta's 30 in 30 painting challenge.  We were babysitting our two and 1/2 year old granddaughter all day yesterday so I didn't have a chance to paint until later last night.  I was getting pretty agitated with it and had to walk away and finish it up this morning.  It really isn't as enjoyable to paint when you feel some time pressure.