Day 20 of 30 paintings in 30 days...

Okay, my theme of doing seascapes is driving me crazy!  Each one is so different but I must say, I'm tiring of them day after day.  It would be like eating pasta every day.

But...with each painting I'm learning on this challenge.

I've learned once you put your signature on it, QUIT!  Any changes you make after that are always a headache to correct.  

I'm learning where I always thought how some artists are known for doing portraits or doing dogs, or landscapes or seascapes or still-lives, I felt out of sorts because I like to do them all!  I felt I couldn't find my niche.  Where did I belong?  But I'm learning it's a BLESSING because it must sometimes get rather dull doing the same thing day after day.  I like variety.  Also, I'm blessed I work in oils, acrylic and pastel.  I've worked in other mediums but as I've aged, I've limited my mediums.  I can't imagine working in just one medium!

I'm naming this painting, "A work of nature" because I struggled with this painting.  I don't know if it was because I'm on this challenge and I'm forced to make quick decisions while painting (probably), or if I'm bored with doing beach scenes, (did I just type that?), or because for me, this was a work of my nature?  A wave is such a beautiful thing, and certainly a work of nature, but for now, I feel I share nature's force in the making of this particular wave.  (In other words, I feel wiped out.)

Oil, 6" X 6", $35

Bora Bora Lovely

Nearly two years ago, I traveled to Bora Bora in the South Pacific.  

While there I saw this girl in a magazine ad.  I knew I had to do her portrait in pastels.

She was simply lovely, but definitely not from Bora Bora as her skin tone isn't dark enough and most ladies from Bora Bora tend to wear the black pearl necklaces for which the island is famous.  

Here is the pastel painting framed. 

The inside dimensions are 15 1/2" X 11 1/2".  

After the double matting and framing, the measurements are:

25 1/2" X 21 1/2".  

The frame is heavy, sturdy very tropical looking.

Here is a the pastel painting from a different angle so you can see the depth of the frame, it's high quality secured with paper on the back, ready to hang.  

If you like it, email me at:

KathleenEKelly@comcast.net

and we can discuss a price.  

It would look lovely in any tropically decorated home or office.  

Just another day at the beach

Oil, 9" X 3", $35.

This is one of those paintings you could place anywhere, even over a bathroom sink!  

Ideally, somewhere in your office to remind you why you work so hard for those sought after vacations!  Let this painting take you away! 

It could sit on a small easel as well.  

Surfer's Sunset

"Surfer's Sunset"

Oil, 10" X 8", $75

This is from a photograph taken on Kaua'i, one of my favorite Hawaiian Islands!

Since I first posted this, I noticed a blurb of indistinguishable paint on the left side of the painting near the shoreline.  I have since changed it, and once it dries, I will photograph it again.  This painting is growing on me!  I'm going to paint it again, larger, much larger...I really like the colors.  

HERE IT IS CORRECTED!  

WOW WHAT A DIFFERENCE!!!

Little girl, big hat

This watercolor painting/pen & ink drawing is 4.5" X 6.5"

$50

This is how she looks framed...so cute!

Sold framed or unframed, same price.  

Framed, her size is: 9.5" X 11".  

She is adorable.  

I failed my challenge...well, not really.

I failed my challenge of painting thirty paintings in thirty days, and it happened on Friday the 13th.  Hmmm...

Actually, I was just three hours late in posting it online in the painting challenge, so I didn't really fail.

When I got back into my studio, I created the cutest little pastel painting of a penguin from a photograph by Wolfgang Kaehler.  It is 10" X 7".  Will sell it for $50.  It's adorable.

This is so cute, if someone wanted me to paint it larger, I would be happy to!

The pastel painting is actually a little wider than 6", nearly 7", but to be safe, I wrote that it's 6".  

Either way, this little guy is so cute!  Reminds me of the penguins we saw while in Australia!

Here is a link to learn more about the penguin parade on Philip Island in Australia.

http://www.visitphillipisland.com/listing/penguin-parade/

Flip flops on the beach

Flip flops on the beach

Oil, 20" X 16", $50

Colors used:

Cerulean Blue

Permalba White

Ivory Black

Raw Sienna

Yellow Ochre

Cadmium Red Medium

Thalo Turquoise

Thalo Green (Yellow Shade)

Prussian Blue

Brushes used:

#12, #8 Flat Synthetic

#4 Bristle Bright

#2 Angular Shader Synthetic

#2 Fan Brush Synthetic

Hake Brush

Just a fun painting to do!

I got up a little earlier than usual today, and just painted with the sounds of the ocean off in the distance, (well, on my CD...not live.)