Elsbeth the Red
5″ x 7″ Acrylics on canvas board
Elsbeth the Red is not only Face #5, she is also Maiden Number 153!
I think I need to look into layering with acrylics. It will require patience! Usually I’m very eager to paint through the early stages when the thing looks terrible! They always do. You have to keep going. :)
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Margaret, Who Collects Vintage Thimbles
6″ x 6″ Acrylics and ink on canvas board
Margaret is Face #3 of the 29 Faces Challenge. She is not the best of my recent acrylic adventures. But a fine exercise nonetheless.
A Pixie Named Penelope
2.5″ x 3.5″ Ink on smooth Bristol
This little pixie was started for a Fairies and Folklore ATC swap. She is Face #4 (and may show up in color down the line). Her bird friend is called Warrick.
Thanks for stopping in! Go Go 29 Faces!
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It is day 3 of 29 Faces, and this painting took all three of those days. I hope you’re not sick of these two dogs. They’ve actually changed quite a bit since I first posted them. And now they are done. (Or at least, this is where I’m stopping.)
Rocco and Harmony, Their Fifth Anniversary
12″ x 12″ acrylics on wrapped canvas
Also submitted for the topic “Exotic” at Illustration Friday. Harmony is from Hawaii, which is intensely exotic as far as Rocco is concerned. (He’s from the Midwest.)
Here you can see the changes. On day two I refined the left dog, and on day three, the right.
Rocco and Harmony in Progress over Three Days (click to enlarge)
I thought an eye progression would make a neat process shot.
Rocco, Eye Progress
Acrylic on canvas, detail
Thanks so much for dropping in! New art tomorrow!
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Holy cow, it’s February already. The good news is that today is Day One of the 29 Faces Challenge for 2014! It will be my first time joining in. Wooo!
Their Fifth Anniversary, work in progress
12″ x 12″ Acrylics on canvas
This is the end of day one working on a 12″ x 12″ canvas intended for submission in my local Dick Blick’s 2nd annual love themed art show. I live near Northwestern Universityand its art department, so I imagine there will be some seriously great art! Although I have seen art hanging there before, I’m not sure how many make it up on the wall, or how many enter.
I’ve just finished a 30 in 30 Days challenge, where I did several small pieces and also 19 acrylic paintings, each in one day. This one is larger, and will also benefit from two and a half days of refining before its due date on February 3! (My current conundrum is what to do with the ear of the left dog that is behind – maybe slightly squished by – his wife.)
Hooray for 29 Faces and yes, animals are allowed! Thanks so much for stopping in!
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Happy Paint Party Friday! And holy cow, we made it! Day 30 of 30 Paintings in 30 days!
Leana, Lady of Cats
8″ x 10″ acrylics and ink on canvas board
Though I did not get enough sleep (and got off to a slow start), the challenge has been fantastic! And though I did several smaller works for a total of 30 in 30 days, these 19 acrylic paintings really represent what I hoped to accomplish this month. (And this little gallery is much more than I expected from one month!)
The First Eleven, January 2014
Various sizes, acrylic, ink, gel pen
The Final Eight, January 2014
Various sizes, acrylics, ink, gel pen
I suppose some of these might go in my shop (sadly neglected these past 30 days)! Some need some finishing, though. Lots of progress pics for each over the last 30 days of posts. (I think I skipped 2 days, possibly 3.)
Many thanks to Leslie Saeta for hosting!
And next, it’s off to 29 Faces, where I hope to continue painting. But with slightly more sleep. Congratulations to all and thank you to everyone for the encouraging notes!
And one more thing! I have linked to 50 Canvases in 2014, over at wonderstrange!
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Day 29 of the 30 Day Challenge. It’s crazy!
Stella the Navigator
6″ x 6″ acrylics, ink, gel pen on gessobord
Her poor neck is a bit off, and many other refinements are also needed, but it is midnight again and I have a day job. Alas!
I hope some of you folks will post a month-long retrospective tomorrow! I’m going to try to do that. Also, I hope to see some of you at the 29 Faces Challenge.
Thanks for stopping in!
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It is Day 28 of the 30 Day Painting Challenge!
A Hat, a Girl, a Greyhound
5″ x 7″ Acrylics on canvas board
Another one sort of finished but not really! I think a pale blue filmy veil hanging off the top section of this crazy hat (in back) might be nice… or might not! Maybe some wallpaper. I just could not decide what to put in the picture frame so I left it. Perhaps it’s an interior window to a pink kitten room. Or the place they keep the cotton candy machine.
Thanks so much to everyone from the 30-Day challenge who has visited and left a note, and everyone else, too. Stay warm out there, particularly if you’re experiencing this rough winter!
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Danielle and Sinbad
6″ x 6′ Acrylics, ink and gel pen on gessobord
Challenge Day 27! Another experiment on smooth gessobord. The bright crazy background is my new Golden C.P. Cadmium Orange. (I think the CP stands for cadmium pigment.) I was going to add some ink design to it but once again, it’s time for bed.
Hey look, it’s another fancy hat! (I wonder if it’s the influence of free Project Runway reruns playing on Hulu in the background.) I try to vary the eyes so I’m not doing the same face all the time, but I need lots more work on noses and mouths.
Also! This is maiden number 149.
Finally decided I will definitely join the 29 Faces Challenge which conveniently starts immediately after the 30-day challenge. It’s funny how many people doing the 30-day challenge seem sad it is ending soon!
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I was going to say “Cat Hat” instead of “Animal Hat”, but I suspect it looks more like a bear hat, or possibly a brown wolf hat? I shall call it a cat-bear-wolf hat.
Animal Hat Masquerade
6″ x 8″ Acrylics canvas on 3/4″ frame
Submitted for the topic “Disguise” at Illustration Friday. And it is Day 26 of the 30 Day Painting Challenge!
You will see in the progression photos (still quite amateur quality photography), I changed colors quite a few times. Maybe I should have stuck to blues and the first, lighter blue background. I’m also not totally sold on that bulky blue-green tunic. But I must stop here and move on!
Thanks for stopping in!
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Flower Girl
5″ x 7″ Acrylics and ink on canvas board
It’s Day 25 of Leslie Saeta’s 30 Paintings in 30 Days! And my second Paint Party Friday, wooo! I’m so glad PPF will still be here when the challenge ends. Oh! And Sarah’s brand new 50 Canvases in 2014.
I did not love this image at first. It was flat and lifeless and not very interesting. And I thought, I must power through it – they will not all be masterpieces. And then I remembered that thing that always happens, which is that you’re not just “finishing” a thing as you go (inked or painted or otherwise), you’re continually improving it. And in the end I got to a place I like. Also: layers. The best color comes from layers, at least in my limited (25 days!) of acrylic painting thus far.
Thanks for stopping in!
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