BURNING OFF OF THE FOG 10 X 13

Day 2 - 30 Paintings in 30 Days

I have once again accepted Leslie Saeta's challenge to complete a painting a day each day during the month of September. I hesitated to accept the challenge. September is a very busy month and I don't like to set a goal I can't keep.  I decided an attempt to paint daily is better than not attempting at all. I am working on a new technique. I have tried using an underpainting in the past but I found myself rarely using that method, but I just took a workshop with an artist whose work I have long admired; Barbara Jaenicke. She uses an underpainting  and I have decided to try this method again. Yesterday's painting and todays painting were both started with an underpainting. I am beginning to like this method, but I still have a few challenges to work through. this painting is available through Daily Paint Works: http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/susan-klabak/burning-off-the-fog/254397

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. 

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

30 PAINTINGS IN 30 DAYS - DAY 6

RED BARN WITH CLOUDS 6.5 X 9
I've been a cloud watcher for as long as I can remember.  As a child I spent many hours lying in the grass, watching the clouds move past and chewing a blade of grass. I've been known to say "it's a good cloud day" and that usually means, cobalt blue sky with fluffy cumulus clouds.