Thursday, January 30, 2014

Poster of 30 Paintings in 30 Days!

Here are all 30 paintings!  And I have a FREE GIFT for the first 20 who comment on this blog!  Just comment below stating your favorite painting of the 30 Day challenge, and then send me your mailing address OR email to: info@karenknutson.com   Do NOT put your email or mailing address on the comment below.  Congrats, you will get a FREE gift.)  When you comment, it won't appear till I approve it, so don't worry if you type it all out and it doesn't appear.  I'll approve them ASAP.   Thanks!
If you've been paying close attention, you'll notice that there is a new one in the mix.  Remember on Day 15, I said that I just grabbed a bird painting that I had already done a couple of months earlier?  Well, today, on the last day of the challenge, I finally made a replacement for that one.  It's up to you to find which one it is!  I honestly am feeling kind of odd now that the challenge is over.  Finally, I was in a kind of routine, painting another bird each day, and loving my time in my studio.  Luckily, I am going to a  5-day Paint-in on Sunday, and I'm anxious to paint abstracts again, in acrylic and mixed media.  That will keep me busy!  I really recommend that you all join me in this challenge next year.  I won't lie.  It's really HARD!  But it's so rewarding when you look at the gallery of paintings from the month!  I would advise that you should prepare meals, etc. ahead of time, and even have value sketches done of your subjects ahead of time.  That will help keep you sane during the experience.  I like to have a theme when I do this, but it's not mandatory.  Birds was a fun series!  One artist took all of her old paintings, and redid them for this challenge.  That might be a fun one for next year!  Another artist did all of her paintings on her i pad, which she barely knew how to do in the beginning.  She really improved by the end!  Whoever said that "Practice makes Perfect" was certainly right!  I did get better during this challenge.  Not perfect, by a long shot, but lots better!

33 comments:

  1. What an accomplishment! It's a tough choice, but the peacock is my favorite. The new painting is the black and white bird. Have fun at the Paint-In !!

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  2. What an accomplishment!! It's a tough choice, but my favorite is the peacock. The new painting is the black and white bird. Have fun at the Paint-In!

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  3. I love the barred rock hen! Love them all - your work is so inspiring!

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  4. Congrats on the challenge. I really enjoyed your creative compositions

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  5. This has been so much fun to follow you on this journey! I love them all!

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  6. I like the pelican with the fish on his backside.

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  7. My favorite is the pelican with the fish on it's backside.

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  8. We did it! You encouraged me by seeing your posts everyday. I hope I can master the collage part, it looks daunting.

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  9. I absolutely adore your work and all of these paintings together are spectacular! Congratulations on completing the 30 day challenge!

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  10. I absolutely adore your work and all of these paintings together are spectacular! Congratulations on completing the 30 day challenge!

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  11. I want a prize, that is all there is to it. So here I am bright eyed and bushy tailed commenting on your blog. You are a inspiration but, you already know that , right??

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  12. Congratulations, Karen. Your commitment to your art is inspiring! Go have a glass of wine!

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  13. Congratulations on a very successful 30 days and thank you for allowing us to share your journey. My personal fave is the mourning dove but I absolutely love seeing all of them together.

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    1. Carol, I will need your mailing address to send you your free gift. Send me a private email through my website, www.karenknutson.com. There is a link there. Thanks!

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  14. I loved your paintings all month. I have to admit when they read your comments on the podcast, I was relieved. I wondered how you were whipping them out so quickly with such detail! That wasn't the case, huh?! It was a great, but tiring month!

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  15. Well done. They look fab all together. I like the fact that you had a theme ( I'm afraid I was a bit random with mine.)

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  16. I didn't say which was my favorite, and I love SO many, but the one with the martini might edge out the others. ;)

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  17. Just sharing this journey was a gift enough!
    thanks

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  18. What a wonderful collection. You have such a unique style. They are all great but if i had to pick a favorite it would be the 3rd one from left, 1st row. I love the design.

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  19. Karen, they look FANTASTIC - each and every one! My favorite (at the moment) would be 'Landry Landing'.
    I hope to see many more in the next weeks (doesn't need to be one each day though....)

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  20. Karen -- what a great group of paintings! Hard to pick just one favorite, but I would say the peacock. Someday I hope to join you in the challenge.

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  21. It' hard to pick just one. I enjoyed seeing your birds all Jan. Thanks for sharing your work. I think I liked the colorful Day 20 black birds but Day 14's colorful birds were a close 2nd.

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    1. I can't send you your free gift, because I don't have a link to a blog, nor do I have your address. If you see this, go to my website, www.karenknutson.com and send me a private email (there's a link there) with your mailing address. Thanks!

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  22. Karen... love the energy, creativity, . It is a challenge to the viewer. My favorite is #9 Rome with a View.

    I have my name on the list for your workshop in La Crosse in October.. very glad you are coming!

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  23. "Opening Act" is great but my favorite is "Laundry Landing" - I have lived in areas with blue jays and I have lived in an area with Stellar Jays - both are raucous and very marauding birds - they are the song of the woods around here in the spring.

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  24. Congrats Karen! I love all your 30 paintings!

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  25. Congrats on finishing the challenge. Of course, I knew you would. Fun to see them all together like a big collage.

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  26. Way to go Karen! I loved watching and admire your determination for fitting all of them in! Thanks for sharing with all of us!

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  27. Congratulations, Karen! Beautiful paintings, beautiful collage

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  28. BTW, my favorite is the blackbird, or is it a raven, with the "adult beverage" I feel so lazy today because I did not paint anything.....funny how that works when you push yourself..

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  29. What a great looking collage! The impact comes from the same subject I think, anyway, congratulations! I look forward to following your work.

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  30. Congratulations Karen! This is at least the second time you've done this, isn't it? Does it get easier doing the 30? I do want to do this, so maybe I will do my own 30 in 30. I was impressed by your bird theme, it showed your range.

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