30 Paintings in 30 Days, Day 15

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This is Wicket.

He is a beloved member of a Saskatoon Family, who got all dressed up for his portrait.

This  Shih Tzu reminds me of our Bailey dog.  We had her for 16 years and loved her big eyes and her cute underbite.

 

 

30 Paintings in 30 Days Day 5

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 "Virgil"

8x8

Acrylic on Canvas

 

"he loves to play hard, then crashes!" according to his owner, Sara..  Look at those big eyes.

I started with the orange and yellow as an underpainting, but decided to go with it. 

 

30 paintings in 30 days.

Day 28

Wow, day 28.  I am so proud of my stick-to-itiveness........my perseverance. 

We are at our cabin and my view is so lovely.  There's a fire in the wood stove, and the chickadees and squirrels are in the bird feeders. My husband had a little visit with a couple deer and all is right with the world. 

We are enjoying a nice quiet weekend after a week of looking after our grandchildren.  (I do miss their smiling little faces though. ).  

Today's painting is their dog, Milo.  He's a 14 year old Bichon Shih Tzu cross. He is our very first Granddog, and we love to pieces.

Milo 

10x10

Not for sale. 

30 paintings in 30 Days. day 16

Day 16 Wow!!  Over halfway.  I'm so happy I've made it this far.  

 Starting this coming weekend we will have our two grandchildren for a week. They are very active young people who (whom?  I'm never sure) we have to get to school, play  school, gymnastics, 

Tai Kwon Do, etc........All of it starting early in the morning (which I find Challenging ) and they have to be on time (Another of my challenges ).

   Wish me luck!  I do have to say that my husband is very  organized and on time and My daughter in law does it all the time.  

So here is today's pet portrait. This is Oreo, he is Oliver's brother who was featured a few days ago.  His toy is "Roadkill Racoon". Hehe. 

Oreo

10x10

Sold 

30 Paintings in 30 Days day 13

Holy crap!  It's tough doing a painting for every day. I have had more 3 AM bedtimes than I ever did as a teenager.  In a row!  

Almost every painting that I've posted in this 30in30 challenge has sold....all but one!  That's so exciting! 

This puppy belonged to a young woman that since known since the day she was born.  "Bodi", a white Bull Terrier is missed very much by Rejean and Patrick.  I love the markings in Bodi's nose........it's a heart!!  

Bodi

18x10

Acrylic on canvas 

39 in 30. Day 10

May I present, for day 10, the adorable Barkley!!  Scott sent me his photo, and I loved the way his tongue was hanging out.  

Barkley

16x16 

Acrylic 

30 Paintings in 30 Days. Day 6

BJanuary 6, 2017

Today's portrait is of a handsome Stafordshire Bull Terrier named Buster.  I think is names suits him very well, don't you?   Busters mom is a wonderful filmmaker and photographer.  Thank you for sharing Buster with me, Brittany.  

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#theotherbrittanymurphy and Buster even  has his own Instagram account! #busterthebst

Buster the Stafordshire Bull Terrier 

16x16

Acrylic on canvas 

30 Paintings in 30 days. January 1, 2017

For my second attempt at doing 30 paintings in 30 days, I decided that the subject matter would be animal portraits. When I did the challenge in September, I didn't have a theme. 

I published posts in Facebook and Instagram and had such great feedback from people.  I  received some amazing dog photos ......and a goat, a pig, a few cats, a horse or two, some cows and a parrot named Roger!  

My first painting is 16 x 16 inches on gallery wrapped canvas.  The photo was submitted by Sandra Tschauner and the dog's name is Ulani.  Thank you, Sandra!

I look forward to your comments.  Please share and please send me any pet/animal portraits you would like to share.  

30 paintings in 30 days.

I didn't post a painting yesterday, I worked all day on a commission and I'm not totally sure it's finished.  Today's painting is one that I reworked a couple times, and I'm quite happy with it now. 

This painting has been dark purple, light purple and now back to dark purple. I tried to edit the photo so that it looked more purple than blue, but there it is.  Angel wings on purple 

Available. 

30 Paintings in 30 Days

I've been trying to get caught up on my painting jobs.  Our cabin is at Murphy Lake, Saskatchewan and the little area where we live needs a new sign, and I got elected to create it.  This is the view from our cabin.  We love to listen to the loon's haunting song from our deck in the evenings.  

Day 3 of 30 Paintings in 30 Days

This is my third nest egg painting.  Why?  Well, I've been teaching nest classes, and I tend to get my painting to a certain stage, so my students can follow along, then I help and advise them, without finishing mine.  So, I have taken some unfinished ones, and really messed with them.  This one started out with a yellow ochre background, and the eggs were bright turquoise.   I am loving the purple!  

We are at our cabin at Murphy Lake right now.  So I painted between visits with my parents, our neighbours, and enjoying the view.  

My mom was excited when I pointed out the my painting matched her outfit. 

30 in 30. Day 2

This little nest is a painting that I started about a year ago.  I just finished it!  I have a huge Angel Wings painting on my easel right this minute, a commission I am working on. I will post it when it's finished. In the mean time, I'll post these little ones. 

6x6

Acrylic on canvas 

Available 

30 paintings in 30 days Challenge

I signed up for this painting challenge after hearing about it on Artists Helping Artists, a podcast I listen to.  I decided to try to consistently create a painting everyday!  Here is my first one. 

8 x 10

Three Eggs in a nest 

Acrylic on canvas 

Available 

Sometimes, you just change your mind......

I started this painting, for a show a local decorator, Dawn's Interiors, is hosting in her shop.  The show is called "A Prarie Winter". Round bales in the snow, so typical of the prairies. The more I worked on it the less I was happy with it, though. I got looking at more photos on Morguefile, a site that has copyright free photos you can use and I got re-inspired!  Then it turned into this!   Yup, painted right over that sucker!! And I LOVE it. 

It's 16 x 20  and my daughter, Angela, suggested the name " Storm", Perfect!  I dropped it off yesterday for the show.  Sometimes (always) it's better to stop the struggle and change directions.  

Have a great day! 

Merry Christmas to One and All!!! This is the Twelfth day of Christmas

On the Twelfth day of Christmas,  my Artist gave to me.........

This is it! 

Merry Christmas from me to you.

Thank you all for your patronage, kind words, and participation.

For the Grande Finale

The Last Gift for the 12 days of giveaways is

Happy Boxing Day!!!

I know how busy Christmas day is, so I decided to do this on  December 26th.   To be entered to win, leave a comment telling me what you like to paint. 

On the Eleventh Day of Christmas.....

On the 11th day of Christmas, my artist gave to me.....

a signed limited edition print

"Gaze"

 

 

 

Congratulations to Peggy Weaver, winner of Day 10's "Barn in Winter" original painting

On the Tenth Day of Christmas...........

On the 10th day of Christmas, my Artist gave to me......

an original Painting

8 x 10

Acrylic on Canvas

"Barn in Winter" 

Congratulations to Marilyn Young, winner of the Chickadee Print from day Nine!! 

On the Ninth Day of Christmas

On the 9th day of Christmas, my artist gave to me

a 5x7 matted print of "Winter Chickadee"

 

Congratulations to Helen Patmore!!   You are the winner of the personalized Santa Plate!

On the Eighth day of Christmas.............

On the Eight day of Christmas my artist gave to me.....

A personalized Santa Plate

You tell me how many snowpeople you want on it (up to 4) and the names, for example

"the Griswolds"

Or

"Clark, Ellen, Rusty & Audrey"

The Winner of Day 7 is Linda Allen!!!!!  Congratulations, Linda!!

On the Seventh Day of Christmas........

 

On the 7th day of Christmas my artist gave to me.....

and 8 x 10 original painting

"Winter Shadows"

Winner of Day 6 was Deb Weir