Day 7 ~ February Challenge 28-in-28 Days

Autumn Fields 10' X 12" Pastel on Uart Paper

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Day 3 ~ February Challenge 28-in-28

Slip Slidin' Away 11" x 14"

Another take on the sun slippin' below the horizon on a winter evening. Yesterday's version was a tiny 4.5" x 5.75". This one was done as a demonstration for the residents at the Heartland House Care Facility. CLICK HERE: TO PURCHASE THIS PAINTING

FEBRUARY CHALLENGE 28-IN-28 DAYS

Here are the first two days paintings for my self-imposed challenge to paint 28 daily paintings, one for each day in February. My plan is to do small studies and then select some of the best to complete larger works. I am trying to loosen up, working with less detail and working in a small format encourages that. If you care to comment on the ones that you feel would make good larger paintings, I would love your input.

 Snowy Hillside 4.5 X 6.25"

Slippin' Away 4.5 x 5.75"

RIB MOUNTAIN GOLD 10 X 13

Day 1 - 30 Paintings in 30 Days

Sunlit Pines 8.5 x 8.5

Day 22 - 30 Paintings in 30 Days

I've been wanting to do a painting of the green lichen that grows on many of the trees in our woodlot. I loved the colors in this painting...my favorites - greens and blues.

Barn with Shadows 8.5 x 11.5

Day 21 - 30 Paintings in 30 Days

Clouds, Cows, and Shadows 9 x 9

Day 19 - 30 Paintings in 30 Days

Yet another cloud painting, and again cows and calves. I might be unintentionally starting a series.

Autumn Treeline with Clouds 7 x 14

Day 17 - 30 Paintings in 30 Days

Just another cloudy day in autumn.

Russet 9 x 11

Day 14 - 30 Paintings in 30 Days

Watching clouds is a favorite past time and has been since I was very young when I spent many hours laying in the grass, chewing on a blade of grass, and watching the clouds drift by. Clouds are often subjects in my paintings.

Cows and a Horse 9 x 9

Day 12 - 30 Paintings in 30 Days - SOLD

Wisconsin is SO green and lush in the summer, and this winter has been VERY cold, the past few days have been bitter cold and now we have a warm up, but freezing rain, so I've been looking for colorful summer reference photos to work from. It does seem to warm me a bit.

Sliver of Light 5 x 11

Day 8 - 30 Paintings in 30 Days

WINTER SUNRISE 9 x 9

Day 7 - 30  Paintings in 30 Days - SOLD

The sun was coming up and creating a red glow between the branches on the pine tree that was covered in snow. Some things that are so beautiful in life are difficult to recreate. The digital image is not capturing the painting's subtleties.

Soft Light 4 x 4"

My small painting for Day 10 of Leslie Saeta's 30Paintings in 30 Days Challenge. I haven't kept up with a painting each day....but I have had a paint brush in my hand every day for several days, as I stain the new deck my husband built. Some evenings I just didn't have the energy to paint even a small painting. 

COUNTRY ROAD 8.5 x 11.5

My painting for Day 7 of Leslie Saeta's challenge - 30 Paintings in 30 Days.

Sun on the River 9 x 11

This is day five of Leslie Saeta's  challenge - 30 Paintings in 30 Days.

Check out Leslie's blog to see what the other artists who have taken on the challenge have posted. lesliesaeta.blogspot.com

MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS 9 x 11

My painting for the 30 in 30 painting challenge  ( 9-3-2013)

30 PAINTINGS in 30 DAYS - SEPTEMBER CHALLENGE

SEPTEMBER CLOUDS  5 X 7

Artist Leslie Saeta has again issued the challenge to create 30 paintings in 30 days. I'm in, but I'm already a day late. Better late than never! Here we go.

SUNLIGHT IN THE AUTUMN WOOD 16 X 26

This is one of my favorite places to take a walk, on the top of Nordic Mountain Ski Hill. There are great hiking trails through wooded areas which are also used by mountain bikers in the summer and fall.

CLOUDS 15 x 26

When I saw the announcement on April 4 that the art world and particularly the pastel world had lost our dear Maggie Price I knew that I needed to spend the day in my studio painting. I chose to do a  cloud painting because Maggie taught such a wonderful technique for painting clouds. It seemed fitting.

30 PAINTINGS IN 30 DAYS #26

Autumn Clouds 15 x 22