30 Paintings in 30 Days - Day 19 - Whimsical Wildflowers

30 Paintings in 30 Days - Day 19 - Whimsical Wildflowers

5x5x2" Acrylic on Gallery Canvas

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I had every intention of doing a more impressive painting today of a more realistic school bus toy. But, things change. Migraines happen. But then....I had the best time painting this one! You know how excited you'd get to color when you were a child? And you'd just sit down to have fun without worrying about the outcome? Well, this is the kind of fun I had with this painting. And I enjoy whimsy art, so I'm happy with how it turned out, too. It may not be the most impressive painting I've done for the 30 in 30, but it certainly was the most fun. I will be doing more of these. My migraine is gone, by the way. It's just a dull headache, now, so I'm so happy with that. I'll take a dull headache over a migraine any day!

Happy Monday!

Rischa

30 Paintings in 30 Days - Day 18 - Be Mine

Day 18 of 30 paintings in 30 days - Be Mine

4x4x2" Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

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Day 17 and Day 18 side by side.

I may add some words to each of these. "I love you" on one and "Be Mine" or "Happily Ever After" on the other. Hmmm....decisions, decisions. I think it might make them a little more adorable. Maybe? We'll see. 

I hope you're having a nice weekend!

Rischa

Daily Painting - Day 17 - Valentine's Heart

Daily Painting - Day 17 - Valentine's Heart - 4x4x2" Acrylic on Gallery Canvas

Since today is my birthday I wanted to keep it simple. I have some celebrating to do, after all. I also have been wanting to do some Valentine's Day inspired artwork since the Art Stroll is the evening before Valentine's Day. Maybe some nice couple will come in and feel romantic about this painting and the one to go with it tomorrow. I used the Robert Burridge method to paint this one. If you haven't heard of him you should check him out on YouTube. He's inspiring and he keeps things simple and easy to learn. He also has DVDs, other learning tools, and an iPhone app.

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Have a nice weekend!

Rischa

30 Paintings in 30 Days - Day 16 - Wild Pear

Day 16 - Wild Pear

4x4x2" Acrylic on Gallery Canvas

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Reference photo.

The reference photo is just for the shapes and shadows and somewhat for the colors. I didn't bother with a nice background. I take a photo with my iPhone and really boost the colors and contrast using Snapseed so everything is easy to decipher. 

I'm happy with this crazy bright pear, now. But when I was painting it I just couldn't get it to look right until I stepped away for a minute. Sometimes it's hard for me to see with my artist brain instead of my logical brain. Once I reminded myself to stop just painting what I thought I saw and to actually paint what is there, I was fine. Well, I painted a version of what I saw. The colors and brushstrokes are obviously very abstract. But you get what I'm saying, right? Right!

Thanks for stopping by!

Rischa

Daily Painting - Day 15 - Expressive Apple

30 Paintings in 30 Days - 4x4x2" Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas - Expressive Apple

Side view.

I haven't felt well the last couple of days, so I wanted something fun and quick. I opted for a technique I've been wanting to try using expressive, bold brushstrokes. It's something I see myself doing in the future quite a bit. I love the look of this technique. I see a lot of daily painters doing it and I always find my eye going toward their paintings in Google searches. I only used one brush for most of the painting. I did get a smaller brush for the stem and white highlights, but the rest is done with one larger flat brush. I always use a Copic pen to sign acrylic paintings, by the way. So that wasn't done with a brush. I have a hard enough time writing my name legibly without adding a brush and paint to the mix. I would like for people to actually be able to easily read who painted it!

Thanks for stopping by!

Rischa

Day 14 of 30 in 30 - Rapala Fishing Lure

Day 14 of 30 paintings in 30 days - Rapala Fishing Lure

4x4x1" Acrylic on Wooden Cradled Board

The painting with the inspiration.

And side by side with his new buddy from day 13.

I'm happy enough with how these two turned out, but I'm also glad to have them behind me. Teeny details aren't for me. They stress me out!! And who needs that?!

Thanks for stopping by!

Rischa

Day 13 of 30 in 30 - Fishing Lure

Day 13 - Fishing Lure - 4x4x1" Acrylic on Wooden Cradled Board

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I won't be doing another one this small with details like this. I forgot how much I hated doing detail work. I don't have the brushes for it and I don't want to buy them since I don't enjoy it. I probably won't do a companion to this little fishing lure. Life is short; Do what you enjoy. Except taxes. You have to do those.

Thanks for stopping by!

Rischa