My Plein Air Hat
Another tool – my plein air hat! Lots of paint on here!!
Day 23 down! Grateful for some illumination regarding my husband’s health. Very relieved! All the best to you and yours!!
Tag Archives: Still Life
Painting Chucks – Day 22
Painting Chucks
Like I said – I seem to be getting more abstract and crazy the more I palette knife paint. I could have worked many more hours on this, but I have to learn to give that up. Not all of these paintings are going to be great paintings. That’s been a lesson for me in so many ways. I think the fact that we agree to post them makes it more of a challenge. Normally I would only post paintings that I really like – the rest go in the closet or in the trash! Anyway, here’s Katie’s old Chucks. I may have to give these another try.
All the best! Day 22 done!
Painting Wine after the Women’s March – Day 21
Wine soon to be consumed
I did the Women’s March today in Charlotte! Yay! What a great event! Estimates of 10,000 to 30,000 women, men, children and dogs attended. It was joyful and sad, but hopefully building energy for the work that needs to be done! I was exhausted, and truthfully the last thing I wanted to do was paint. But I made a commitment, so here’s a bottle of wine and wine tool — Can’t say the wine will last long after I finish this post!!!
Day 21 done! Love trumps hate!
Painting Squished Tubes of Paint – Day 20
Squished Tubes
I think the more I do this the more abstract and crazy I get! Painted squished tubes of paint today and a little bit of my mineral spirits container. Today I joined a group and met in uptown Charlotte to do a Flash Mob in honor of the First Amendment. We sang all the verses of “This Land is Your Land” Boohooed through half of it! Hope you all are finding good ways to put your energy and good ideas to use to help this country be all it can be!!
Day 20 down! All the best to you and yours!!
Painting My Palette and Brushes – Day 18
Palette and Brushes
Decided to continue doing still lifes of my painting tools – so I painted my palette, brushes, palette knife and some globs of paint. Once again it’s a welcome distraction while we try to figure out what’s going on healthwise with my husband. I have to say my opinion of the medical field and health insurance field has diminished greatly. Trying to stay positive but I’ve had a few breakdowns along the way. We’ve been on “hover” since the end of October. My patience has worn thin…
All the best to you and yours! Day 18 completed!
Paintings My Tools – Day 17
Painting my Tools
I have a brand new container for my mineral spirits – bright and shiny! So I decided to incorporate it into this “Painting my Tools”. I’m enjoying learning more about painting with my knife. Trying to get even more paint on the surface. It’s very fun!
Grateful for the distraction! My husband is going through a health crisis and we’re having a hard time getting any answers from the doctors, so it’s put our lives into a sort of holding pattern. This daily painting is a welcome respite from the worry!
All the best to you and yours! Day 17 down!
Tools of the Trade – Day 16
Painting Apples – Day 15
Quick Before It Wilts — Painting the Last Iris
This is the last of the bunch of Irises. I was disappointed in how quickly they wilted! I realized I’d better paint it quick before it wilted too. I decided to do a “matching pair” with the painting I did yesterday. Both canvases are 6×12 and would work well together on a wall! Any takers?
On to another subject tomorrow. Im using the alkyd paints again. My major complaint with these is they are kind of gooey. They don’t stand up the way normal oils do. I think tomorrow I’m going to try adding some cold wax to give them more stiffness. But I do love the fact that they dry quickly.
Day 11 done! In general it’s getting easier. I’m learning lots of lessons for future paintings!
All the best to you and yours! Thanks for looking!!!
Painting Irises – Day 10
Paint them before they die!
This was an easier decision today — My irises were starting to wilt, so I’m painting them!!!
I’m learning more and more every day about palette knife painting. This one I used all alkyd paints. It takes so long for normal oils to dry, especially when I’m laying on so much paint. Alkyds dry much more quickly.
I’m also giving myself permission not to totally delineate everything. I like looser paintings. With the knife I can’t get too precise.
Day 10! Thanks for looking at my painting !!