Large 16×20 stretched canvas
Acrylic impasto still life floral painting
Flower Series No 149
Available for purchase directly through me here
Art journaling talky talk
I’ve been playing in my art journal with oil sticks, pastels, and chalk. Oh, and paint, too. I made a huge ugly mess. It was so fun. 🙂 I hope you’re taking some time this week to play, too. Let me know in the comments what your favorite art journaling tools are. I’m curious.
Last night I picked up some charcoal sticks, the fat square ones. I bought them more than a year ago, and haven’t used them much. Without planning to I somehow got lost in drawing for about an hour. It was a little weird. If you know me, you know I don’t like drawing. It’s one of my least favorite things to do, but I got swept away.
And, one final thing before I dash off..you’ve probably seen this photo before, but it’s so cute..hard to resist posting it again.
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Love,
Harold and Maude
xo
29 Faces – No 5 through 11
Touching
No 5
My goals for 29 Faces are.. to be loose, paint as fast as possible, have no concern about the outcome, and to have fun. I don’t care whether the faces are good, bad or ugly. It only matters that I do the exercise every day.
Irresponsible
No 6
I have an art journal that I want to fill up, and I thought this would be a great way of doing it. That, and it helps tremendously if I warm up before painting “for real” every day, and painting these faces is a great way to begin the day.
Keep me warm
No 7
Sometimes, I start out painting clumsy, as if I forget how to paint overnight. These quick little portraits get me moving, and thinking like an artist again in no time. I used to do art journal pages as a daily practice, but then I stopped for almost a year. I got so busy with outside projects, and never even cracked my art journals open for months. But, now that I’m doing it again, I’m hooked.
Incognito
No 8
Since I’m a working artist, I’m constantly making art for everyone else, hardly ever for myself. Painting is my full-time job. It doesn’t matter if I fall in love with a painting, I have to offer it for sale. Unfortunately, I don’t live in magicland. I have food to buy, and bills to pay every month, so I have to sell as much as I can.
I like to think I have a tough interior, that being an artist for so many years has given me thick skin. Yet, it’s not easy seeing my favorites go out the door, knowing I will never see them again in my lifetime. So, another positive to doing these is they’re originals, and they’re all MINE. I don’t have to worry about making them likeable, saleable or anything at all. They’re just for me, and I get to keep them forever. Yes!!
No 10
I am offering some of these as digital prints. You can click on the links below the photo, and it will take you to my Etsy shop. If there isn’t a link, I’m not offering it as a print.
Focus On
No 11
The first 4 paintings I gave myself 20 minutes on a timer. I had plenty of time, as you can see..the paintings are more polished. The last three paintings were done in less time. I don’t know how long I took because I didn’t set the timer..I just rushed through them as fast as possible, so maybe like 5 minutes each? Not long, I know that much.
How was your week? Are you keeping up the pace of 29 Faces? Do you find the challenge difficult or does it come easy for you?
Linking to 29 Faces and Paint Party Friday.
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30 paintings in 30 days January 2015
30 paintings in 30 days
Floral and bird paintings.
Landscape paintings, and a figure painting, too.
January 2015
I’m not going to lie. January was a trying month. There’s a strange flu bug thing going around this year. I got sick, and then got better. Then I got sick again, then better, then flat out dreadfully S I C K, then progressively better for 4 days straight. Then, along came yesterday, when I woke up sick again. It was rather discouraging, and a bit depressing, but somehow today, I’m better. Go figure, right? I feel like I’ve been tossed around like a yoyo.
I was finally going to leave the house for the first time in a week on Wednesday, but my car battery was dead. Dead as a doornail dead. Did I also say our dryer died, and had to be replaced? One step forward, and two backwards has been what January’s been about. So, in some ways it was a looong month, but at the same time, I can’t believe the 30 in 30 challenge is over. Whew! Just when I thought it would never end, it’s now history. Despite everything, I stuck with it, and finished all 30 paintings.
Hello, February. I sure hope you’re kinder to me than January. I’m going to be doing something different this month, a different challenge. Stay tuned to see what’s coming around the bend.
Blues
Flower Series No 143 – Day 29 of 30 in 30
Acrylic impasto palette knife painting – Day 28 of 30 in 30
© Katherine Jeanne Wood
Acrylic impasto palette knife painting
Flower Series No 142
Available for purchase here
Flower Series No 133 – Day 16 of 30 in 30
16×20 Acrylic Palette Knife Painting
Orange, blue, and white floral painting with a green background
Flower Series No 133
Available here
My camera was all kinds of wonky while shooting this painting. Some photos are dark, and some are too light. I’m going to put them up anyway because it’s day 16 of 30 in 30, and time is moving along. There’s no looking back now.
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