My Apple 2 Day 4

Here's the next layer-progress is slow because I have to wait for it do dry!

My Apple WIP (Day 3)

Today I'm trying an old favorite technique learned from Burton Silverman's Breaking the Rules of Watercolor. You use Bristol Board and a tiny bit of white gouache, paint in layers and wipe out here and there as you go. This is the first layer. Hope I can still do this! 5"x 7".

Day 2 Thirty Paintings in 30 Days

Another Day

Acrylic on 5"x7" on  Greeting card

 

Well, I've learned that using a palette knife and acrylics on these greeting cards is not the optimum approach. Still, had fun anyway! Will be trying some new approaches in the next days!

Two Koi

4"x4" Oil on museum quality panel.

$100

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I finally found all my original koi photos. I was reduced to visiting pet stores! This is another palette knife painting and day 5 of Leslie Saeta's 30 paintings in 30 days challenge! Good thing she did this; been a little lazy lately but this has got me going! Thanks Leslie.

Chickadee at Feeder

5"x5" Oil on museum quality panel

$125

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This chickadee was looking around to make sure it was not threatened! This is day 4 of Leslie Saeta's 30 paintings in 30 days Challenge. 

Everglades Marsh

5"x7" Oil on panel

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Day 2 in Leslie Saeta's 30 paintings in 30 days. Again, this is an all palette knife painting! It's harder for me to paint palette knife paintings as small as this one. I hope to keep doing the first 15 with a palette knife, then switch to a brush.

Taking Off

 8"x10" Oil on Board
$200

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Here's the first painting for Leslie Saeta's 30 paintings in 30 days challenge. I'm enjoying practicing painting with only a palette knife!  I saw this great egret while in the everglades and I was thrilled to capture his take-off with my camera. I was so busy getting the phot that I failed to notice a gator lurking-probably the reason he took off so suddenly!