Day 7 painting for my 30 paintings in 30 days challenge, is “Purple Irises”. This will be a fun Paint Party painting, with a lot of variation in flowers and colours. The colour of the photo is a bit off, with the flowers looking a bit more blue, and back…
So for Day 6 of my 30 paintings in 30 days challenge, I created a Paint Party painting, “Pine Trees at Sunset”, inspired by Tom Thomson. I saw a great exhibit of Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven at McMichael Art Gallery several years ago, and love the freshness,…
For Day 5 of the 30 paintings in 30 days challenge, I have created another Paint Party painting, “Wildflower Field”. This will be a fun Paint Party painting with lots of variations, depending on what colours and types of flowers people choose to include. Day 5: “Wildflower Field”, Acrylic on…
For Day 4 of the 30 paintings in 30 days challenge, I have created another Paint Party painting, “Hidden Robin Nest”. I have had a lot of requests for a robin nest Paint Party painting after people have seen one of my fine art oil paintings, “Robins’ Nest”. Day 4:…
For Day 3 of the 30 paintings in 30 days challenge, I have created another Paint Party painting, “Spring Tulips”. After the extreme cold we have been having here in Southern Ontario, I am really looking forward to spring! Day 3: “Spring Tulips”, Acrylic on Canvas, 9″x12″ $50 (CAD) and…
For Day 2 of the 30 paintings in 30 days challenge, I have created another Paint Party painting. “Cardinal Couple” will be a great individual painting for my paint parties, but also as a Couple Painting, with each person painting half of the painting on a vertical canvas, so when…
Happy New Year! If you missed my prior post, today is Day 1 of my 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge. This year I have decided to create small Paint Party studies and fine art paintings and studies exploring new techniques or ideas. This way I will be adding new…
Today’s painting is the 2nd in my “chicken series” for the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge. We have a retirement home for chickens here on our hobby farm, so they have been the subject of a number of my paintings. Not only do I really like chickens, but…
Today’s painting is of a rooster which reminds me of our old rooster Kingley, a bantam who lived a long, happy life here on our farm. My daughters name this painting for me. They said he needed a French name. “Francois”, oil on canvas, 6″x6″ $75 (CAD) and FREE shipping…
Today’s Day 5 painting for the 30 Paintings in 30 Days challenge is a local landscape. About 2 years ago, we went on a tour of our local wineries with cousins. It was a fun time and I took lots of reference photos. I can’t remember which winery this was,…
Today’s Day 4 painting for the 30 Paintings in 30 Days challenge is another pot belly pig. He looks like he is smiling, hence the title, “Happy Pig”. I needed to paint something to make me smile today. “Happy Pig”, oil on canvas, 6″x6″ $75 (CAD) and FREE shipping in…
Today’s painting for the 30 Paintings in 30 Day Challenge is a pot belly pig, “Waffle”. We have a pot belly pig called Pancake, so she inspired the title of this painting. For Pancake’s first birthday, we invited a neighbour pot belly pig, Jelly Bean and they enjoyed their cupcakes…
Today’s painting for the 30 Paintings in 30 Day Challenge is a lovely little cow, “Peggy Sue”. Not sure what the cow’s real name is, but it seemed to fit. There will be 3 more paintings in the cow series, but I may change it up for tomorrow and paint…
Happy New Year! The 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge is a good challenge and a great way to start off the year, so I am participating again this January. Follow my blog, my Facebook page, and/or my Art Studio Facebook page to see each day’s painting! Fellow artist Leslie…
Today is our dog Roxy’s first birthday, so I painted her. Last year for the 30 Paintings in 30 Days challenge, I painted our old beagle, Deuce, who died just before Christmas, a month before the challenge. I waited until the last day, because I wasn’t sure if I would…
I am a bit behind in posting for the 30 Paintings in 30 Days, but have been painting each day and am working on catching up with photos and postings. This painting is my Day 12 painting, but I wanted to get my Day 13 painting, “Roxy”, posted on her…
While visiting the Royal Botanical Gardens in Hamilton, we saw these wonderful waterlilies. I love the strong contrast of light and dark, colour and reflections. “Royal Water Lilies” Oil on canvas, 12″x9″ Note: Framing can be added so the painting is ready to hang, for an additional charge…
Sparrows are such cheerful little creatures. This fellow would be a great companion for my “Winter Sparrow”, Day 7 painting. “Spring Sparrow” Oil on gesso birch panel, 8″x8″ Note: Framing can be added so the painting is ready to hang, for an additional charge depending on frame. And for…
While at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Hamilton, we came upon this beautiful cluster of roses, so of course I took reference photos. Since January 25th is Rabbie Burns’ birthday, I am titling this in honour of his poem, “Love is Like a Red, Red Rose”. “Love Roses” Oil on…
We get such an amazing variety of birds here on our farm. Sparrows have always been one of my favourite, and they are ones I can actually identify! “Winter Sparrow” Oil on gesso birch panel, 8″x8″ Note: Framing can be added so the painting is ready to hang, for…
