30 x 30 Day 6 - Daisy

30 in 30 Day 6 - Daisy

6x6" oil on canvas board

A daisy to go with the echinacea from yesterday.

Happy Tuesday, all!!

Rischa

30 in 30 January - Day 5 - Echinacea

30 in 30 Day 5 - Echinacea

6x6" oil on canvas board

I had a request from a very sweet lady for a flower. So that's what I did today.

30 Paintings in 30 Days - Day 4 - Martini

30 in 30 January - Day 4 - Martini

5x7" Oil on Canvas Panel

It's 5 o'Clock somewhere!! Drink up!

30 in 30 January - Day 3 - Drink of Water

30 in 30 January - Day 3 - Drink of Water.

5x7" Oil on Canvas Board

This one took me just over a half hour. I've never painted glass before. It's harder than it looks. I'm fairly happy with it, though.

Thanks for stopping by,

Ri

January Painting A Day - Day 2

My painting for Day 2 of the January 30 in 30 challenge.

Water Mixable Oil on 6x6" Canvas Board

I didn't have as much time to work with today as we had been gone from the house all day celebrating my husband's birthday. Maybe that's a good thing. But I don't think so. I was already tired and just wanted to get it done so I could post it on Leslie's website before tomorrow. I think the 2 days look nice together, though.

I used the same colors to mix for both so they could be sold as a pair. I may even add in an orange or banana tomorrow. Who knows. 

Thanks for stopping by,

Ri

January Painting A Day Challenge - Day 1

I decided to join Leslie Saeta in her 30 Paintings In 30 Days January Challenge.

Artisan Water Mixable Oil on 6"x6" canvas board.

My first painting is done in water mixable oil. This was my first try at oil painting since 2007. And I only did it once back then. The paints I used are called Windsor Newton Artisan Oils. You don't need those scary solvents for these. I took the photo with my cell phone and didn't edit except to crop a little bit. I'm happy with how it turned out, but I would like to work on making my paintings looser.

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Ri <3 p="">

Mixed Media, Abstract, and Encaustic Paintings Video and Other News

I'm trying my hand at video making again, so the above video is a slide show of my mixed media, abstract, and encaustic paintings. Some of them are sold and some are still available. I have not included my most recent works as I plan to do more videos soon with the new paintings.

Feel free to leave a comment if you have any tips for using iMovie 09 or YouTube. I haven't upgraded to iLife with the newer version of iMovie, so keep that in mind if you're leaving me tips. 

In other news, I'm enjoying an Abstract Workshop with a local artist named Liz Wincup. It's a 6 week workshop given through Mount Dora Center for the Arts. We create a new painting or finish different exercises each week. I'm learning so much from her and have already been recognized by Liquitex for one of the paintings I did in her workshop. It was chosen and shared by their Instagram account as one of their weekly paintings. 

This made my day! Thanks for the love, Liquitex! :))

A photo posted by Rischa (@rischa) on Nov 11, 2014 at 9:21am PST

And last, but not least, I have decided to end my time as a resident artist at Painting Outside The Lines Gallery. I enjoyed my time there very much, but I missed being at home in my own studio with my little weena dogs by my side. With Joel's schedule he ended up being home a lot of the time I was at the gallery, too. And I won't miss giving up my Saturdays with friends. Or parking. Parking was a beast when you have to carry an arm load of paint, brushes, canvases, your lunch, etc...! I did enjoy my time there with Bev and will miss spending so much time with her and meeting the locals or tourists enjoying their day in Mount Dora. My work will still be exhibited there, though, so please stop by and tell Bev that Rischa sent you. She has some fabulous new pieces in the gallery by new artists and she also has lots of new bike pieces of her own.

Thanks for stopping by!

~Ri