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Contemplating Changes – Daily painting day 339 – 341

This painting was originally painted a few years ago, and it’s been sitting in my Etsy shop ever since. Got a little sick of looking at it, so I’m revising it. So far I’ve changed the colors (from dark to light), the background, her face, her shirt, and the rose in her hair. Yeah, that’s pretty much the entire painting. Still need to work on her mouth, obviously, but it’s getting there.

Contemplating Changes
© Katie Jeanne Wood
Oil portrait painting
WIP
daily painting: 365 day art project
Day 341
Available for purchase here

Works in progress – Daily painting days 336, 337 & 338

This one is still a work in progress. I’m going to let it dry for a few days before I proceed.

You might remember this painting from last summer. I think I posted it as one of my daily paintings back in July or August, even though I wasn’t happy with it at the time. I’m not sure if I like it now, but I’ve started to revise it. Switched over to oils, and I’m thinking of blocking out the words. Needless to say, it’s still a work in progress.

Oil portrait sketch and painting WIP – Daily painting day 334 & 335

When you’re doing a long term project, such as a year long one like the 365 days of daily painting, you look for little milestones to celebrate along the way..or at least I did, still do. It helped keep me going, gave me something to look forward to, and brought me another step closer to my goal.

This is probably the largest milestone yet. Tonight I’m in a celebratory mood because in exactly one month, I’ll be finished with the 365 daily painting project. So close! The countdown is ON.

For the past 11 months, I’ve kept track of the number of days I’ve been painting daily on a large dry erase calendar on my wall. Yesterday, as I was erasing days past, which were written in black, and filling in what’s to come in blue, I filled in the number 365. !!! It’s become such a habit, that I almost continued on with number 366, but I stopped myself just in time. I stood back, stared at the 365 in disbelief. It was a surreal moment.

I can see day 365 now. It’s right there every time I look to the right, and my eye automatically searches for it now, sometimes frantically. Where is it? Where is it??!! Ahh, there it is. The light at the end of this year long tunnel finally staring back at me. 🙂 Have to say it feels pretty good.

Handmade book cover – Daily painting day 332 & 333

I’m preparing for a huge change that might be coming soon on a personal level. I say “might” because I’m not the one in the driver’s seat, so I’m not in control of when and what happens, not even remotely. I’m willing and eager to go along for the ride..if we can just get the car engine to start.

I’m secretly hoping it can all wait until after the 365 day project is over, but if not, I’ll have to call the project off abruptly before I actually hit the one year mark. This will suck, and not suck at the same time. To not make it to day 365, after making it this far will be a bummer, of course, but.. priorities, y’know?

I’ll probably write about what’s going on in another post sometime soon, when I know more details. We’ll see.

Where I’ve been getting free reference photos for my portrait paintings: Pixabay

Free book for artists: not sure if it’s any good or how long it will be free, so you should hurry, if you’re interested.

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White abstract painting – Daily painting day 331

Why 144? I have no idea, but it sounded just as good as any other number, so yeah. Why not 144?

Scraping, and preparing my glass palette for more oil paintings.

Harold Zip-a-roo and Tiger
DO NOT DISTURB this boy when he’s with his favorite toy.

Chickadee bird painting on postcard – Daily painting Day 330

Maudie was showing her true colors in this photo, and it cracks me up. She’s a constant contradiction, that one, being the all time sweetest, yet meanest cat I’ve ever known. She will scratch your eyes out while purring, and rubbing against you. Poor Chewy doesn’t know who he’s messing with, but he was about to find out by the stare down he was getting. Yikes!

One and only piggy – Daily painting day 329

© Katie Jeanne Wood
Little Pink Piggy
Animal oil painting
daily painting: 365 day art project
Day 329
Available for purchase here

My husband has suggested I do an entire animal series. Dogs, cats, chickens, cows, and pigs, he thinks I should paint them all. Perhaps if I was in the middle of the 365 challenge, I’d be up for it, but now doesn’t feel like the right time. It takes a lot of passion, and a high energy level to start a new series. I’m not feeling either atm, so this will probably be the one and only piggy I paint for a while.

Quitting painting and blogging forever? – Daily painting day 327 & 328

With a mere 38 days to go, I’ve been giving a lot of thought to how things are going to change after the 365 daily painting project is over.

Depending on how exhausted I’m feeling at the time, my thinking varies from nothing will change, except I won’t have to keep track of the number of days anymore to… as soon as this is over, I’m quitting painting and blogging forever.

The love/hate relationship I have with blogging gets the best of me some days, what can I say?

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