Day 9 of 30

On day 9 of 30, I tackled yet another different subject...a bird.  I've never painted a bird.  Oh, sure a few seagulls in a painting off in the distance but never just a bird.  With this thirty day challenge I am trying to push myself down avenues I have never gone and try to get those "I wonder if I did this" moments off the back burner and into action.  Some may be successful, some may be flops, but I'm tackling them!  

"Hangin' Round"

12" X 4"

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Day 8 of 30

My first palette knife painting!  

"Flea Market Finds"

10" X 8"

Acrylic

Liquitex Colors used:

Titanium White

Ivory black

Sap Green

Hooker's Green

Brilliant Yellow Green

Lt. Portrait Pink

Ultramarine Blue (Green shade)

Raw Umber

and 

Winsor & Newton's

Medium Magenta

$30

Day 6 of 30

Acrylic 12" X 12" painting I titled, "Jilly is cold".  

$50

Painted in the following colors:

Titanium White

Unbleached Titanium

Light Portrait Pink

Mars Black

Deep Magenta

Brilliant Blue Purple Colbalt

Now to give the shine to the glasses and the blue area I used Liquitex "Interference" colors.

Interference Blue was  used on the blue areas, 

and

Interference Gold was used on the glasses.  

Here is how you use interference colors.  First of all, know that you are taking a chance with your finished painting by using them, it's a crap shoot whether it will work or not to your suitability.  For example, I like how the sunglasses came out, but not the blue area.  (Personal opinion, others many like it.)  The colors are so easy to use.  First of all, make sure the paint you are applying it on is dry.   Then apply a thin layer (you can add water but no need to), on top of the dried paint, and wait about 15 minutes to see a finished result.  WALK away from your painting Be surprised at what you see when you come back!  Know that you can paint over it if you don't like the result.  For example, I went out of the reflective area on the sunglasses and onto the frame a bit, but I simply applied more paint once the interference color was dry.  

The Interference colors aren't too much more expensive than other colors, bonus being they last a long time, only a little bit goes a long way!

Day 7 of 30

I was told recently that I do too many seascapes, so I decided since most of America is having Arctic type weather to paint a girl who is attempting to keep warm.  So this is for all my up north friends who are earnestly trying to keep warm!  Thus, that's why I titled it, "Keep Warm!"

Pastel

11 1/2" X 13"

$50

Day 5 of 30

"What a View!"

Acrylic 12" X 12" painting.

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Day 4 of 30

This is a 12" X 12" acrylic painting titled "Bruce".

$50

The colors I used to paint this are:

Brillant Blue

Blue Purple Colbalt

Emerald Green

Turner's Yellow

Yellow Oxide

Titanium White

and

Mars Black

All acrylics were my preferred brand, "Liquitex".  

I've been wanting to do a series of paintings like this for about a year, so I put one on the challenge to see if I enjoyed it.  I did.  I priced it so someone else can enjoy it too.  Shipping not included.  

Here is a side view to show it's painted black all around the sides, so no frame is needed!

Day 3 of 30

Pastel

Titled, "Sophie"

20"H X 15"W

Depending on how you'd like to frame it, know that her head proportions are actually

16" high and 9" wide, but, I used the whole sheet of Canson paper so know that the paper's dimensions are 25" high by 19 1/2" wide.

$100