2 Weeks - 14 Paintings

This past fall as a way to capture the beauty of my gardens, I decided to give myself a challenge: a painting a day for two weeks.

The challenge was this: to do a painting each day, to paint quickly and not to fuss over details. Sometimes a person tends to over work a painting, which often leads to undesirable results (or as we say, mud). 

When painting quickly, you must make fast decisions, and execute them faithfully.
Here are the results of my two week challenge.

2 weeks - 14 paintings	Sunflower
Brown Eyed Susan	Pears from our Tree
Mr. Pepper	Hibiscus in Vase
So Gladiola	Bloomin' Calendula
Fall Cololurs	Apple Pie Anyone
Grape Vine	Maple Leaf
Bella Dona	Cosmos
Hibiscus	Each Painting Acrylic on  Canvas Board 8 x 10" $99.

I encourage you to try this exercise, even if only for a week.

Till Next Time ...

From the Prairies, to the West Coast and Beyond...

Susan

DeCosmos Show on Now

We went to the opening of the DeCosmos Fine Art Society's Summer Show last night. With over 100 paintings on display, it is one of the largest shows that the group has ever had. The place was packed as art lovers were taking their time and enjoying all the lovely work.

Just to spice things up a bit, I decided to enter my "Red Hot Peppers", as shown below.

The show is on until the end of July at the MacMillan Art Gallery in Parksville. If you get a chance in the next couple of weeks, make sure to drop by ... you'll be glad you did!










Till Next Time ...

From the Prairies, to the West Coast and Beyond...

Susan

Red Hot Peppers

Look what just came off my easel!
I started with a 24" square stretched canvas. Next came a few layers of yellow ochre acrylic paint. Once that was dry, I mapped in the shape of the bowl and pencilled in some markings for the peppers.
The beautifully coloured peppers were grown on our deck this past summer. The bowl was brought back from a recent trip to Mazatlan. Working from a photo I took this fall, I started to lay in the colours and blacked the background.
Once I had that all figured out, the photo went away and I began to play.
"Red Hot Peppers"
Till Next Time ...

From the Prairies, to the West Coast and Beyond...

Susan