11/11/2011 Day 30 Painting #30

Well, it's done. There have been some hits and some misses...but I finished it.

I tried a lot of different ideas. Some failed, others turned out better than expected. I still don't know if I discovered my identity as an artist.  This has been a journey with many detours. I still don't think I reached my destination or my full potential.

I'd like to pursue more abstract painting and I'd like to learn how to do realistic portraits. If you have been keeping score, I explored some abstracts in the past thirty days, but no realistic portraits. I have a lot to learn.

During this process, I realized I was putting out a lot of half baked or half finished projects. I need more time to develop my talent. I also got a lot of crap out of my system.


I'd like to try this again in the future. Maybe in six months. Hopefully, I will be doing more professional abstracts and get over my fear of attempting portraits.


Now, I got a long queue on my Kindle of books to read.


1 Last One

11/03/2011 Day 22 Painting #22

Not inspired today, so I thought I revisit an old pre-30 in 30 painting. I added some texture and a wash to a previous work.

This is the first one in about a week that I am disappointed with. But sometimes you just have to take one on the chin.

Past History

10/31/2011 Day Nineteen Painting #19

Is this a trick or a treat? It's sort of a cheat, but, given the nature of the holiday, it is totally appropriate.

Don't you be Tarot-fied. (It's just a token of my extreme)

10/27/2011 Day Fifteen Painting #14

I am seeing a pattern. I am doing two paintings every other day. So I got one more to do. Then I will be at the halfway point. But I will complete 30 in 30.

I actually like this one. Once again, the photography of the painting is a disappointment. But I would put this one in the top ones I had done so far. I wish I would have done this one on a bigger canvas.

...nor the forest, nor the trees....

10/25/2011 Day Thirteen Painting #13

It looks like crayon, but it is not. It looks much better in person. It's a canvas covered in rice paper with glossy medium, the flowers are plastic stems w/ tissue paper. The paints are washed out acrylics.

Fluers

Looking at it now, I see I failed the concept. For some reason, I felt compelled to add all the washes to cover the canvas. It only needed a splash of color, instead I ended up making it look like a coloring book. I may have to revisit this one as well.

I do realize by doing 30in30, I end up posting rough drafts. It is sort of like filming the first draft of a screenplay: incomplete and undeveloped. However by doing 30in30, I am forcing myself to create something everyday. Warts and all. Many lessons learned. So far, there are only one or two that I actually like and several I would like to do over.

10/15/2011 Day Three

Posting a little late today.

Day three I decided to do something a little different. I used tissue paper, a couple of feathers and a hand painted frame to create my latest monstrosity. I don;t know if it qualifies as a painting, but, screw it, it's my blog and I'll do what I want.

This one is very self indulgent. It is intentionally very primitive.

Drum roll please.

I present unto you, a crazy mixed up media piece.... Voodoo Doll (Slight Return)

10/14/2011 Day Two

Today I painted a fall inspired scene. It is acrylic on a 9 by 12 canvas board. Looking at it now I see a need for some major touch ups. However, here it is...

Drum roll please....

Artificial Fall

10/13/2011 Day One

dis·as·ter [dih-zas-ter, -zah-ster] noun
1.a calamitous event, especially one occurring suddenly and causing great loss of life, damage, or hardship, as a flood, airplane crash, or business failure.
2.Obsolete . an unfavorable aspect of a star or planet.

So, day one didn't go as well as planned. Kind of a disaster. There was no loss of life or real hardship... just bad painting. I figured there would be days like this, but didn't expect so soon.

For some reason when I woke up, I scrapped my original plan. "What the heck. After all, there are still twenty nine more days," I thought "I'll try something different." However, I didn't have the right medium that I should have used and decided to improvise. After much painting and repainting, I decided just to cut my loses and settle on the end result. Sometimes, one just has to admit failure, learn a lesson and move on.

The mediums were still wet when I took the picture and will post a better picture when it is dry.

So without further ado, I present....drum roll please....

Untitled dih-zas-ter.