Asleep on the Beach

Asleep on the Beach, oil on gessobord, 6x6 inches

Day 10 of the 30 day challenge. I am one third of the way and still chugging along!

Unlike the previous "do overs" of the boats on the beach, this is one angle hadn't done before.  It ended up being more of a sketch and quickly done. I had difficulty with the fact that there was not much contrast, and the form got a bit homogenous, but it was still a decent attempt. 

Neatly

Neatly, oil on gessobord, 6x6 inches

Another version of a painting from 2014.  I must say, I was giddy when I finished this version, because of the tug of war between the calm(still boats) and the not so calm(brilliant shadows)! It's actually not so much of a tug of war, as it is a marriage of opposing forces :-)  The blue shadows are like small children trying to get their slumbering parents out of bed in the morning. Relentlessly playful!

Resting

 

Resting, oil on ampersand gessobord, 6x6 inches

Happy New Year! For the first post of the year I did a second version of one of my own personal favorites of 2014.  I loved the nesting boats as a subject matter and it proved to be just as difficult the second time around as the first.  I do feel like this version ended up a bit looser than the first, which is a goal of mine for 2015.  My new painting life is now 8 months old, and I've been contemplating ways, styles, methods, and directions I would like to head into for the near future.  The most important goal is to find time to paint each day. 

Row Boats 2

Row Boats 2, oil on gessobord, 5x7
SOLD

A second angle of the boats that I posted a couple days ago, this one was equally as fun to paint.  They look like a loaf of bread taken out of its wrapper , with the slices left to fall as they may!

Row Boats 1

Row Boats 1, oil on gessobord, 5x7 inches
SOLD

My children have been traveling the last 9 days which means I have had a house to myself for painting and frame building.  I have felt extremely productive and am hoping I am able to keep the momentum up once they return to school and I've returned to work.  I have painted so many this week, that i had a hard time choosing what to post for today." Row Boats 1", is from a photo of stock row boats at a local lake and beach.  I had fun playing with the colors and creating almost a bleached look.In the end other than the dramatic shadows (when are shadows not dramatic!), this little painting turned out quite peaceful.