30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge, Day 23

Bird Nest, Day 23

8x8

oil on canvas panel

Daily Paintworks

For years I have bemoaned the fact that I tend to use the same colors over and over.  It's not really a terrible thing to do as it is often one of an artist's signature characteristics, but I always wanted to make myself use other mixtures to give my work a different vibe.  So on this painting the first thing

I did was mix some colors that I liked on my palette.  I thought the sort of acid green would work well with the cooler colors as well as the black and white.  I did, indeed, resort to some of my

sameo-sameo colors but also put some new ones together for a different color scheme.

30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge, Day 13

Bird Nest, Day 13

12x12

oil on canvas panel

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In addition to collecting bird nests,  I also collect driftwood pieces, smooth pebbles,  rocks, wasp nests, acorns, seed pods, feathers, turtle shells, etc., etc.  Mostly I pick them up when taking walks. These "artifacts" are found in 2 pottery bowls in my house and today I looked for a few new objects to add to my paintings.  The smooth pebble was picked up on the beach in France--hope this wasn't illegal!--and the driftwood on a beach in Florida.

30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge

Bird Nest, Day 9

6x6

oil on canvas panel

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As you can imagine, I think about bird nests and related objects quite a bit of the time--making 

thumbnail sketches and trying to come up with another way to present the

same subject.  

One of my ideas was to paint a gold (as in the real metal) nest, but I am not sure I could do it.

Afterall, I don't have a gold nest to observe.  

So---I decided to try a gold egg first.  No, I also don't have a gold egg, but it seemed less daunting 

to try to make one up.  Since I know it's supposed to be gold, it looks like gold to me,

I'm not sure it will look like gold to others.

Bird Nest, Day 7

Bird Nest, Day 7

8x10

oil on canvas panel

Daily Paintworks 

Sorry about the poor photography.  I haven't mastered the skill of taking

photos of wet paintings.  The light color is white although it looks slightly 

cream,

I enjoyed adding the yellow-green.  I think it shows well on the black background.

For those of you from Leslie Saeta's challenge, I have enjoyed seeing all the paintings 

that have been produced.  Hooray for doing this.  It's not easy, is it?

30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge

Bird Nest, Day 6

6x6

oil on canvas panel


http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/connie-snipes/bird-nest-day-6/438005

I finished this one at around 10:30 last night....trying to get a jump on things!  I continue to experiment, which is what this challenge is all about.  I added one more color, lavender and one more object, the feather.

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Bird Nest, Day 4

12x16

oil on canvas panel, gamvar varnish

Here's a photo of the still life set up.  My son-in-law found the bird nest woven into the branch.  I keep it in a large pot in my living room.

Day 3

Bird Nest, Day 3

"Bird Nest, Day 3"
oil on canvas panel, gamvar - 12x12 in

http://www.dailypaintworks.com/…/con…/bird-nest-day-3/437130

I have joined Leslie Saeta's annual 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge.Leslie a California painter, started this several years ago and there are over 1000 painters participating this year.

Arrangement of Greens (sold)

11x14, oil on canvas panel, damar varnish

Connie Winters Painting Workshop

Today I began a 5 day painting workshop with Connie Winters who is an awesome painter and a charming, gracious person. I thought you might like to see what happened today. Beginning a 9:00, Connie did a demonstration painting. She begin with a charcoal sketch just for placement and size, no details, wiped off most of the dust so that only a faint outline appeared, and then drew again (redrawing and refining, not just tracing over the charcoal) with yellow ochre. In the above picture she has finished these steps and is now putting on a thin coat of paint, beginning with the darkest values.

The top picture shows the still life set up. Notice that she used two spotlights on the subject to get a strong value contrast.

Will post more on workshop later.

Magnolia (sold)

8x8, oil on canvas panel
$95.oo, free shipping in US

The Three Pears

6x8, oil on canvas panel

After several days painting landscapes, I yearn to switch over to still lifes for a while.

to bid--http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190213042414