Wednesday, January 1, 2014

30 Paintings in 30 Days, Day One

"Cardinal's New Coat"
 Happy New Year!  My first painting of 2014!  I'm again challenging myself to 30 paintings in 30 days!  Leslie Saeta proposes this challenge every year, and I did it last year.  Check back to January of 2013 to see all of those!  This is a great way to get back into painting after taking December off for all the parties! Check out Leslie's blog to see all the many artists who are doing this challenge.  There are 360 this year!  Call me crazy, because this is no easy feat!  My series this year will be birds. I've always loved cardinals, especially in the winter when they show up so well against the snow.  This cardinal has a funky new coat!  It is available for $125, unframed.  I used a past simple shape study as my idea for the background.  It is pictured below. 
I hope you will follow along as I bring in the New Year with daily paintings.  Please comment too.  I love to hear what you think!


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5 comments:

  1. UnknownJanuary 1, 2014 at 7:29 AM

    Happy New Year! You are at it bright and early and I love the cardinal. Looking forward to being inspired every day this month!
    Nancy

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  2. SamDoumJanuary 1, 2014 at 9:22 AM

    Wow! This is really cool! Realism with a splash of abstract. Beautiful painting.

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  3. Pam SchoessowJanuary 1, 2014 at 10:08 AM

    Love the background and the "crazy" feathers. I get a lot of cardinals in my backyard, But I haven't come across this one yet!

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  4. Cindy D.January 1, 2014 at 11:26 AM

    Very cool style and design! I look forward to the rest of the challenge birds!

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  5. UnknownJanuary 1, 2014 at 9:00 PM

    I love the birds new coat! Simply beautiful. The background is really cool too!

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