Sunday, December 16, 2012

61 The Studio Cat Naps

61 The Studio Cat Naps by luv2draw
61 The Studio Cat Naps, a photo by luv2draw on Flickr.

1/4 sheet watercolor, number 19 in the 20 project. It's hard to paint a black cat. Gilbert was good not to move during the course of the painting.

60 Summer Farm

60 Summer Farm by luv2draw
60 Summer Farm, a photo by luv2draw on Flickr.

1/4 sheet watercolor, number 18 in the 20 project. I deliberately went looser here. Just painting. From a sketchcrawl sketch in Vermont.

59 Flowers

59 Flowers by luv2draw
59 Flowers, a photo by luv2draw on Flickr.

This is number 17 of the 20 in 20 project. I used opaque white (Dr. Ph Martins white) and filled in negative space and left colors for some floral shapes. Fun to play. 1/4 sheet.

58 White House

58 White House by luv2draw
58 White House, a photo by luv2draw on Flickr.

1/4 sheet watercolor. Number 16 in the 20 project.
One thing I discovered in doing this project is that it forced me to paint, regardless of whether I felt ready to paint a certain picture. I have been wanting to paint this house for years and just never did, til the 20 project. The colors don't look good in this photo, though. Not sure why.

57 Colors

57 Colors by luv2draw
57 Colors, a photo by luv2draw on Flickr.

Playing with brushes and color and counting it as number 15 in the 20 in 20 project. I am not proud...

56 Irises

56 Irises by luv2draw
56 Irises, a photo by luv2draw on Flickr.
1/4 sheet watercolor, number 14 in the 20 in 20 project. The one of the clouds was number 13.

55 Clouds

55 Clouds by luv2draw
55 Clouds, a photo by luv2draw on Flickr.

wip, 1/4 sheet watercolor.

54 Green light

54 Green light by luv2draw
54 Green light, a photo by luv2draw on Flickr.

1/4 sheet watercolor. Number 12 in 20 in 20 project, at which I fell very far behind and got desperate enough to take pictures on my phone to paint.

53 Blue Chair Trio

53 Blue Chair Trio by luv2draw
53 Blue Chair Trio, a photo by luv2draw on Flickr.

Do you know who these musicians are?? They are sitting thru the rest of the concert. 1/4 sheet watercolor

52 Lime Kiln

52 Lime Kiln by luv2draw
52 Lime Kiln, a photo by luv2draw on Flickr.

Number 10 of 20 in 20. 1/4 sheet watercolor

51 MO cabin

51 MO cabin by luv2draw
51 MO cabin, a photo by luv2draw on Flickr.

This is number 9 of my 20 in 20 project. It is a commissioned work of someone's cabin in the woods. 1/4 sheet watercolor

Monday, December 03, 2012

50 Young Monk

50 Young Monk by luv2draw
50 Young Monk, a photo by luv2draw on Flickr.

Number 7 of 20 in 20. I tried to use the ideas that I learned from the Charles Reid workshop last year.

49 Burning Bush

49 Burning Bush by luv2draw
49 Burning Bush, a photo by luv2draw on Flickr.

Just playing. Number 6 in 20 in 20. Still part of the 100 paintings project, too.

47 Rooted

47 Rooted by luv2draw
47 Rooted, a photo by luv2draw on Flickr.

Still working on this. I am adopting a quote from Joseph Stoddard, who said, Never let reality get in the way of a good painting. So we shall see where this one goes.

I believe the 20 in 20 project needs a clarification: full sheet paintings will count for 2. I feel like Calvin and Hobbes, making up the rules as we go!

46 NIght Watch

46 NIght Watch by luv2draw
46 NIght Watch, a photo by luv2draw on Flickr.

Number 3 of the 20 in 20 project. I was trying to limit my washes and paint looser but I don't think it was successful. The learning curve continues.

45 Six Birds

45 Six Birds by luv2draw
45 Six Birds, a photo by luv2draw on Flickr.

Erik and I are painting 20 pictures in 20 days. No rules. This was for day 2.

44 Twilight Mood after Szabo

44 Twilight Mood after Szabo by luv2draw
44 Twilight Mood after Szabo, a photo by luv2draw on Flickr.

This is the first painting in the 20 in 20 Project that Erik and I are doing--painting 20 pictures in 20 days.  I followed an old article from a painting magazine by Zoltan Szabo and did this.  Fun.  Good jumpstart to the project too.

43 Girl Peeling Apples

43 Girl Peeling Apples by luv2draw
43 Girl Peeling Apples, a photo by luv2draw on Flickr.

42 Autumn woods

42 Autumn woods by luv2draw
42 Autumn woods, a photo by luv2draw on Flickr.

41 Yellowstone falls

41 Yellowstone falls by luv2draw
41 Yellowstone falls, a photo by luv2draw on Flickr.

40 Orange Pear Mug

40 Orange Pear Mug by luv2draw
40 Orange Pear Mug, a photo by luv2draw on Flickr.

I'm still at my 100 paintings project. Just caught up on posting.