Katie Jeanne Wood

Mixed Media Artist - daily painter of portraits, flowers, abstracts and birds

She Won’t Let Go oil portrait painting No 2

She Won’t Let Go No 2
Oil portrait painting 
Girl and her chicken
Prints are available here

You might remember this one from last summer. I ended up finishing this oil portrait painting months ago, but I neglected to write a blog post about it. 

Katherine Jeanne Wood - Girl and Her Chicken oil portrait painting - She Won't Let Go No 2
She Won’t Let Go No 2

She Won’t Let Go No 1 resides in Germany. The difference between the two paintings is great. The first one I did while I was taking a class with Misty Mawn years ago. Our assignment was to paint an animal. I’m not sure why I picked a chicken, but I did. I think I actually wanted to paint my favorite animal, a cat, but I know I’m not good at painting cats, so it stopped me from trying.  

The first one was painted in acrylics. This one started out being painted in acrylics, but I quickly switched over to oils after the first layer. The acrylics just weren’t cutting it for this piece. It demanded a more sophisticated look, so oils it had to be. 

Speaking of oils, I’ve been having trouble holding myself back from using them lately, but it’s usually something I use during the spring and summer months only. I like to have a bit of ventilation when I’m painting in oils because they give me a headache. Now that the weather has warmed back up into the 50s, 60s, and almost 70 the other day, I just might crack a window, and have at it. I need a fix. 

Here’s a video of me painting the girl and her chicken. I’m linking to it just in case it doesn’t come through in the email for my subscribers. Speaking of subscribing, if you haven’t subscribed to my youtube channel then you’re missing out. I’ve been on a roll, and have been uploading a video every couple days. I don’t always remember or feel it’s necessary/relevant to post every video I make here. It’s best if you subscribe, so you don’t miss out. 

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Fly Off the Edge Before Dark – Daily painting day 186 & 187

Katherine Jeanne Wood - Fly Off The Edge acrylic abstract painting Fly Off the Edge
Acrylic abstract painting
Prints are available here
daily painting: 365 day art project
Day 186

You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. 
Plato

The short winter days are beginning to blur, and blend together. I’m always saying to my husband, “What day is today anyway?” He isn’t much help. He thought it was Thursday all day Friday. haha! It’s hard to keep track as one day slips into the next, especially with the crazy artist hours I keep.

Sometimes, like last night, I’m working through the night until the wee hours of the morning. I greeted 3am with a huge HELLO, and was still super hyper, and as passionate about art as I was at 6:20 am when I woke up the day before. Whew! Getting really close to working around the clock. Crazy, I know, but my energy is through the roof. I have all but quit drinking caffeine (only 1 cup of watered down coffee in the morning these days, then I switch to herbal teas, water, and apple cider vinegar tonic). I’m convinced having an overabundance of energy is all about diet, but I digress. lol

Before Dark
Black & white acrylic abstract painting
Prints are available here
daily painting: 365 day art project
Day 187

I haven’t been doing much outside of painting, filling orders, filming and editing lots of youtube videos, and playing with the cats. Even though that might sound boring to some, I know I have a nice life. A good, honest life. And not a day passes that I don’t feel grateful for that. 

To insure good health: eat lightly, breathe deeply, live moderately, cultivate cheerfulness, and maintain an interest in life. – William Londen

I forgot to add this video last time I posted. Oops! You can see the art journal page here. 

Art Journal Page – acrylic mixed media portrait painting and video – daily painting day 185

Katie Jeanne Wood - 011618 acrylic portrait art journal page

Katie Jeanne Wood - 011618 acrylic portrait art journal page

Katie Jeanne Wood - 011618 acrylic portrait art journal pagedaily painting: 365 day art project
Day 185

Reading: I found this cool site called Vintage Junk Journals that I’ve been perusing. Lots of great information there if you’re thinking about starting an art journal or even if you’re been keeping an art journal for years, like me. 

Those of you with WordPress blogs who have been leaving comments..thank you! I appreciate you stopping by, and I would love to visit you in return, but this is what I’m seeing whenever I click on the link to your blog. I don’t know if your blog is actually protected or if this is some kind of WordPress bug, but I’m stuck behind this wall. 

I’m linking to Art Journal Journey for this post.

Hanging on – Daily painting day 183 & 184

 

Katherine Jeanne Wood - Taking a Position acrylic portrait paintingTaking a Position
Acrylic portrait painting
Sold
daily painting: 365 day art project
Day 183
Prints are available here

Success seems to be largely a matter
of hanging on after others have let go.
– William Feather

little gray Maudie catMaudie

I often wonder what she’s thinking about when she stares at me so intently. I think most of the time she’s plotting to kill me in my sleep, but I could be wrong. lol 

Katie Jeanne Wood - 011718 acrylic abstract dorlands wax

This is the acrylic abstract painting from last month getting sealed with Dorland’s wax. I’ll have it available as soon as I edit the photos, and get it listed.

daily painting: 365 day art project
Day 184

Reading: Family Shares Photoshop Fail of Professional Portraits Gone Hilariously Wrong – I didn’t realize this had gone viral, but when I showed it to my husband he immediately said “FAKE NEWS”. I don’t know..what do you think? 

Halfway – acrylic portrait painting & video – daily painting day 181 & 182

Katie Jeanne Wood - 011418 acrylic portrait painting Halfway InHalfway In
daily painting: 365 day art project
Day 181

Erase everything from the past that does not serve you, and be grateful it brought you to this place now, and to a new beginning. –Rhonda Byrne
 

Katherine Jeanne Wood - Half Way Out portrait painting Halfway Out
acrylic portrait painting & video
daily painting: 365 day art project
Day 182

Today I celebrate a milestone. I have reached day 182, which means I’ve been painting daily for 6 months now. Wow! I’m halfway in, halfway out. Halfway to the finish line. Only 6 more months to go before I get a day off. Um..perhaps it’s best if I don’t think of it that way. Makes me feel exhausted. lol 

I made this 6 months of daily painting video to track my progress so far.

I’ve already started planning what I’m going to do to celebrate when I do finally make it to day 365. Knowing me, I’ll probably take a long afternoon nap, and then get back to work. I’m not one to rest on my laurels.

Watching: The Attractiveness of Unhappy Looking People – explains why I rarely paint happy, smiling characters. 

 

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Large abstract paintings – Daily painting day 179 & 180

Katie Jeanne Wood - 011218 acrylic abstract paintingOn the easel
36×24 inches
Work in progress

These are some of the large canvases that I said I was going to get to last summer, but didn’t get a chance. I’m happy to be working large again. The one on the easel is looking especially large to me..when you compare it to a tiny 4×4 that I’m used to working on. 

I’ve actually already worked on this canvas before. It was a black and white abstract, which I’ve had up in my shop for sale now for a couple years. It’s been hanging in my husband’s office, but I decided the other night as I was passing thru that I no longer liked it. Too dark. I took it back into my studio, and immediately started to lay down some white..and then

Katie Jeanne Wood - 011218 acrylic abstract paintingWIP
daily painting: 365 day art project
Day 179

I thought I’d add a little color to liven it up a bit. Not sure where I’m going with it at this point. I’m scribbling and making marks without any thought to the outcome. It’s hard to take it serious at this stage in the game. We’ll see. 

Did you know there are oodles of videos on Youtube specifically for cats? Harold is absolutely obsessed with bird videos, but he also likes watching fish. I think the videos are adorable, and it keeps them entertained until they nod off to sleep, as you can see Maudie has done in this photo. The bird videos even seem to fascinate our special needs kitty, Miss Pea Doodle, who was born without eyes. She seems to enjoy listening to the birds tweeting. I think it reminds her of summertime on the back porch. 🙂  

 Katie Jeanne Wood - 011318 acrylic abstract paintingPink acrylic abstract painting
daily painting: 365 day art project
Day 180

Whenever the large paintings prove to be too overwhelming, I find something small to work on to balance it out. Does anyone else see a face near the bottom right? lol I just saw it, and now I can’t unsee it. 

Reading: THIS!!! —-> STOP BEING A BUTT-FACED MISCREANT 

Pink and ultra violet abstract painting and freebie painting – daily painting day 177 & 178

Katie Jeanne Wood - 011118 pink acrylic abstract paintingpink and ultra violet acrylic abstract painting
daily painting: 365 day art project
Day 177

Trying again with the ultra violet, and I must say, I kinda like it when used in small doses. 

Reading: Vivian Maier: A Photographer’s Life and Afterlife

DAILY PAINTING DAY 178

Katie Jeanne Wood - 011018 arylic portrait mini paintingacrylic portrait painting
daily painting: 365 day art project
Day 178

Another freebie painting that I was working on, which I gave away with an order from my Etsy shop. 

Reading: Sarah Silverman’s response to a Twitter troll is a master class in compassion I saw this unfold on Twitter, and didn’t completely understand what was going on at the time. Reading the article brought it all together, and makes me have hope in humanity. If we all did something like this, the world would be a better, kinder place for sure. 

Pink abstract painting and art journal page – daily painting day 175 & 176

Katie Jeanne Wood - 010718 pink abstract paintingPink abstract painting
daily painting: 365 day art project
Day 175

Today I thought it would be fun to answer some random questions I found online. I’m nosy curious, and always read these things, even if I don’t know the person answering the questions..weird, I know! I always compare other people’s likes and dislikes to my own to see what we have in common. If you want to answer these questions yourself, feel free to steal them. LMK in the comments, so I’ll be sure to read your answers. 🙂 

DAILY PAINTING DAY 176

Katherine Jeanne Wood - General Sadness For the World 010818 art journal portrait paintingGeneral Sadness For the World
art journal page
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1. Favorite Smell? that earthy smell after it rains 
2. Last time you cried? last night while re-reading a book called The Long Goodbye by Meghan O’Rourke
3. Favorite pizza? I don’t have much choice since I’m celiac, so I’ll say cauliflower crust pizza with black olives and onions.  
4. Favorite flower? Roses and peonies. 
5. Did you go to college? Yes, still am. I never want to stop learning.
6. Untie your shoes when taking them off? Nah. 

Katie Jeanne Wood - 010818 art journal portrait painting roses 7. Roller coaster? Never! 
8. Favorite ice cream? I don’t eat ice cream, but I make a kickass black cherry & cacao nice cream in the summer.
9. Favorite past time? I have many.. 

Spending time with family.

Reading, and writing (which is so weird to say. I actually despise writing, but I can’t stop).

I love finding new healthy recipes to make and share.

I also like making up my own recipes, and tweaking them until I get it perfect. I’ve become so obsessed that I’ve considered starting a blog, but I don’t want it to turn into work or an obligation. I mean, look what happened to me and painting. It used to be my favorite hobby. I’d rather keep the food obsession to myself, and enjoy.

I love cooking all those recipes I find/make up, and entertaining/hosting impromptu dinner get-togethers to try out the new recipes.

Photography, although you wouldn’t know it lately because I never leave my studio. Anyone remember my photoblog from years ago?

Youtube/Netflix/Hulu/Amazon Prime videos – especially documentaries are extremely important to my well being.

Listening to loud/obnoxious or soft/mellow music.  

10. Shorts or jeans? either

 

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