30 Paintings in 30 Days - Day 16 - Wild Pear

Day 16 - Wild Pear

4x4x2" Acrylic on Gallery Canvas

Side View

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!

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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!

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Rischa

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. 

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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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