30 Paintings in 30 Days Day 11

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"Chloe"

11x14

acrylic

 

Day 11.  This has been such a busy art week.  I had a tradeshow, taught a painting afternoon at my grandson's Kindergarten, finished a large custom angel wings painting, a not as large custom angel wings painting, 6 pet portraits, last night I painted live at the Little Italy Gala in support of the Lloydminster Sexual assault centre, and donated a custom painting for the live auction.... the winning bid was $900 ( I was thrilled) we danced til the wee hours,  and tonight I am teaching a small group of ladies an angel wings class.  Whew!!

Next week, I just plan to teach one class and paint for my 30in30. 

 

30 Paintings in 30 Days, day 2

Day 2
I listened to a podcast about marketing, and they said to find your Niche Market.  So I thought, well, my Pet Portraits certainly appeal to dog Lovers, so I joined a couple Facebook groups, and posted some of my work.  I received lots of feedback and some orders.  When I decided to do the 30in30 for February, I posted a little video on one of the groups and the response was PHENOMENAL!!
I will be doing lots of shipping this month. 


This is Baxter.  He and his "Brother" love hiking in the mountains and playing in the snow!!

Baxter
10x10
acrylic on canvas
 
sold

30 paintings in 30 days day 12

Day 12. Some photos are so easy to work from and this one was great!  I'm trying to get a couple extra done so because we are going away this weekend.  Yesterday I got 2 finished!  Yay!   This is Oliver, who belongs to my friend Dorothy and her family. 

Do You  Want to Play? 

10x10

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.  

Ryu on Red

This is Ryu, a Rotwiller-Mastiff cross.

His owner bought a custom pet portrait package I donated to the SPCA.

They have two dogs, so this is the first handsome boy, Ryu. 

His pose reminds me of the famous painting,

 The Girl With the Pearl Earring, by Vermeer.(1632-1635)

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Rohan On Blue

I donated a custom pet portrait

 to the local SPCA

The lovely lady the purchased it has two dogs, so this is

 Rohan, a Bouvier-Wolfhound cross.

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