Day 12

Japanese Doll

Oil on Canvas

5 x 7

I painted this in Ned's class on Wednesday. Ned Mueller is a world

traveler as well as an excellent artist. He has a lot of very interesting items

perched, hung and hidden around his studio from his travels. This doll

is one of them. I wonder what I'll get to paint the next time I

visit his class..... or maybe even borrow. Hmmmmm

Day 11

Oil on canvas

5 x 7
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I painted this piece on Monday. It dried for a few days

before I took it outside to be photographed. This method seems to

work pretty well for avoiding shine. The biggest difficulty now is in

dodging raindrops while I'm out there. Good thing it's not a watercolor!

 

The piece I painted today is a total bomb. Holy cow. If I can't figure

out how to fix it, you my friend, are never going to see it.

I've have a little pride you know.....

Day 10

Ruby Beach

Oil on Canvas 6x6

 

This is another painting from our Lake Quinault trip. The rock

formations on Ruby Beach are pretty spectacular.

The whole Olympic Peninsula is pretty spectacular!

The weather was wet, cold and a little windy but it didn't stop

the hearty souls in the plein air group. What's a little bad weather

when you have such a wonderful subject to paint?

Day 9

 

Oil on Canvas

5 x 7
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This 365 day project has changed my life - as far as thrift stores go.

I've never been terribly excited about going to them until I needed to find

inexpensive subjects for still lifes. Now they have become treasure troves!

The hunt to find that exquisitely shaped vase or creamer for

a mere dollar or two -  I get antsy just thinking about it!

Day 8

Thanksgiving Leftovers

Oil on canvas

6x6



Wow! I've finished my first week. Only 51 to go!

On the one hand I'm thinking, "My that went fast" on the other

I'm thinking, "What the blankety, blank was I thinking?"

I dearly hope I will learn to paint and post faster and more efficiently.

Otherwise, this is going to be a bumpy ride!

Day 7

Oil on canvas
5 x 7

  This little piece is back out at Lake Quinault. It was painted the first day of our PAWA get-together from the side yard of Jan's cabin. The fall yellows really stood out on this grey overcast day. Although the weather wasn't terrific, what else can one expect in a rain forest? The average rainfall here is around 135 inches a year!

Day 6

Oil on Canvas
5 x 7

  I was in Coupeville on Whidbey Island this weekend. We've had a long stretch of grey, wet weather but this weekend the glorious sun returned - at least it did in Coupeville. So I was back outside painting, which is my favorite place to be. The two pieces I painted this weekend still need a bit of touch up before posting. So instead I've posted a painting from a glorious summer morning at a city park just east of downtown Coupeville.
     The red building in the painting is the Coupeville Wharf on Penn Cove. Built over a hundred years ago it is a main attraction in the town (and very picturesque too).