Ruby Red Kiwi Pottery

I’ve never seen Ruby Red Zespri kiwi fruit before… thanks to a still life paint challenge it was introduced to fellow artists…

I selected to sketch and paint the first photo but I used the two bowls’ patterns for my background…

Soooooo THRILLED with the results!

Artwork on 8 x 8” watercolor paper (art measures 6 x 6”)

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Day 45 - A is for Avocado

Another still life art challenge… I used a mix of media as always: watercolor, ink, pencil, colored pencil, paint pen… I love to use a variety… I sometimes even through in acrylic paints…

I had to add a little pattern to my table… instead of a solid color…

The original photo… I think I did pretty good… I’m happy with my journal painting

Another challenge for tomorrow… it’s ALWAYS a challenge truly… but even more so when given a photo prompt to paint a subject not selected by me… YET… I LOVE to paint and learn!

Garden Path Table

Inspiration is all around and especially on the line (online) and I LOVE when I find photos that sing to me PAINT ME! PAINT ME!

The original photo here is from and Instagram account (suzannezinggstyle) Suzanne Zingg | Product Stylist… 

I sketched it a bit different than the original to get many elements in the painting space: 

7 x 7” 

9 x 9"  watercolor paper

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Day 44 - I canNOT draw a Fork

Spoon… no problem… Knife… okay… FORK… they all seem strange to me… like pitchforks instead of a simple utensil used every day…

I might need to try the tutorial above over and over… and maybe find another angled fork tutorial… I will figure it out… I hope… if not:  I will just have wonky drawn forks in my paintings… Like one in a current drawing I will be filming the paint process today.

What challenge will I attempt tomorrow? 

I don’t know but I know there will be more!

Day 43 - Color Wheel… mixing tray flower

Sooooooo thrilled to finally have a FLOWER shaped paint mixing tray… I had to paint it!

Tomorrow should be something more elaborate BUT who knows?

Day 42 - Oui to Interior Design

Once an interior designer/decorator, I ALWAYS LOVE looking at interiors…

What’s up for tomorrow’s painting?

I’m thinking strawberries OR NOT… LOL!!!

 

Day 41 - Outdoor Art Studio

Art Challenge… ideal art studio… today the best place to create art was outside…

I LOVED painting these and colors are so much better in person… I hate photographing art at night in artificial light… natural light is so much better BUT I didn’t finish painting my journal entry until evening even though I sketched my artwork outdoors in sunlight… and I had to get my post up…

Tomorrow I hope to paint in the morning to photograph and post in daylight…

What will I paint? Who knows!

Dirty Martini for Maman

I had a FANTASTIC time painting this challenge… anddddddd  challenging it truly was… a reflective glass and liquid… I think I did a pretty good job…

This was the challenge prompt photo… I chose to not paint the addition glass and I changed the background a bit…

Adding olives and a dirty martini coloring… I searched for some photos that would give me examples of colors and reflections… I used the original photo for some shading…

MORE challenges to come… I LOVE the learning factor and expanding my artistic skills! Besides challenges set by groups, I have selected some photos and taken some photos to paint in the future that are not my normal subjects… am I evolving?

Day 40 - Wine Time Still Life

I tried a few new challenge groups today… this one I used for my daily journal posting…

Again, I did my own take on the photo prompt and am happy with my results!

Tomorrow is another day… what will inspire me to paint?