Day 5

"Tramp"

6" x 6"

watercolor

This was a fun one to work on.  He's quite comical, almost cartoonish! 

 Here is a look at the progression... 

Rider

"Rider"

4" x 4.75"

watercolor

Here is day 3 of my Thiry in Thirty Challenge.

Painting #4, Day #13...

8" x 8"

acrylic on panel

Okay, so I have not been keeping up with the challenge.  It is day 13 and I have only completed 5 paintings (one I will post later tonight).

I thought this one had a lot of promise when I started, but it didn't turn out how I would have liked.  I blame the too large of a panel... Too much room to noodle around!  Also this was a two-sitting painting and I think the second time I went at it I wasn't quite thinking along the same lines as the first time.

Anyway, it makes me think I need to stick to alla prima (all in one sitting) and to get back into painting daily.  It's not that you will create a masterpiece every time, it is that you will be exercising your painting muscles so that when you do have a little more time to spend with a painting, you will be ready to go.  Easier said than done, but...

Ryder, take 2

"Ryder 2"

6" x 6"

acrylic on panel

I thought I'd try to paint Ryder again.  He has such a cute face and I love how structured he is.  When I paint my dog, Clover, he's just all fur, and it's hard to find the underlying forms/structure.  This was a good "jumping back into things" painting because I kind of threw everything I had into it, technique-wise.  I didn't stick to my original palette, I drew/paint which I try not to do and eventually I just said "quit while you're ahead!"  But in the end, I don't mind it. It makes me want to keep going, and that's what it's all about, right?

Finishing What I Started...

Well, here I am a day late and a (painting) short, but I vow that in 2014 I will finish what I started in 2013!
This is the last painting I did in 2013, before things got too busy.

"Ryder"

6"x6" 

acrylic on panel

Ryder was an adorable, spunky little Jack Russel Terrier that my husband and I used to dog-sit.  I'm not sure I have captured him here but I do like the washy look to this one.  I intended to go back into it and never did.  Hence the finishing....

I've also decided to try and keep up with the break-neck pace of Leslie Saeta's 30 paintings in 30 days Challenge.  So this is day one!