Another Daily

As I am looking at this on my computer screen I can see even more things I don't like but I also see some things I like about it.

It's been a long time since I've done any paintings, even longer since I've done one of my pours.  I know masking fluid has a shelf life but figured I would give it a try for the snow on the trees anyway.  It did mask but getting it off was another story.  It took forever and there wasn't much on there.  Oh well, we learn. Oh well, on to day 8.

Yesterday's Finish

It's done... or as done as it's going to get.  This is day 5 finished last night... a day behind but done.  I learned some things that I can do with collage and acrylics and that is why I'm doing this so I'm happy with it.

Now I'm working on Day 6 and just may get to Day 7 as well so I can catch up... maybe.  They're watercolor which is something I know a little more about.  Experimenting there too but I have a better idea what will happen with that medium.

A Stretched Out Daily

This is two days worth and I'm still not finished with yesterday's daily.  Oh well, I have worked on it every day.  This is the start, sort of.  It looked a lot like this but without the piece in the middle.  I'm working in a handmade journal and that piece is holding it together.

I started adding paint and collage material, no design in mind just looking for texture.

Once all of that was dry I added another layer of paint, still no thought to design, just getting some layers down.

Today I added one more layer.  It isn't done but I love the layers and the texture.  I'm going to move on to something else for tomorrow's daily.  I need to let this sit awhile before I do anything else to it.

It's difficult to see because it's a light cream color that I added.

Today's Daily, Just Playing

This was a start that has been sitting on a shelf in my studio for a very long time.  Today instead of starting something new I decided to start the day by finishing this one.  I was better able to focus today as we got good news about my brother... the surgery was a success!

I'm pleased with it, finding I really do enjoy just playing around with paint to see what happens.  This one is titled Just Playing #2

Day 3 of the Dailies

Tuesday is my day to paint with friends... The Tuesday Painters.  Weather permitting we paint outdoors; however, we're fair weather painters and when it's cold and wet we are indoors.

We were at Beth's today and she has a collection of tea pots.  This one is from Ireland.  My mind was more on the surgery my brother was going through on the other side of the state.  Good news later in the day, the surgery went well.  I'm hoping that means they got all the cancer but probably won't know for certain until test results come back.  

Just Playing

Today's daily isn't a painting, it's just mixed media play.  I have some JOS papers from China and I wanted to see how they hold up for collage.  I learned that one can't use tape as a mask, it lifts the color and the gold from the paper.  I learned a bit about glue and what will hold and what won't too.  I can see much that is good and much that is not good in this but it was play, no design intended. so I'm happy. I learned something and that's always a good thing.

New Year, New Beginnings

Time to play and that is just what this is, playing, doing some experimenting.  I need to know what acrylics will do, I need to play without a plan and I need to do it every day.  That's why I've accepted the 30 Day Challenge... 30 paintings in 30 days is doable.  I've done it before but in the past there has been a specific theme.  This time my theme is just to play and not worry about making a painting.  Sometimes one may evolve but that isn't my aim.  It is simply to get something down on paper every day and this is day 1.

The other thing I'm working on is clearing out some clutter and reorganizing both of my studios, one is stitching, the other is painting.  While sorting in the stitching studio today I came across a piece of my mother's needlepoint.... unfinished.  A lot of my mother's work was unfinished.  She would see something new she wanted to try and go for it forgetting about the piece she was working on at the moment.  Damn, that's where I get that from!  Hadn't made the connection until now.  Anyway, this piece I really like and I wanted to frame it just as it is... unfinished.  However, my very left brained spouse said to way, you have to finish it first.  Well that isn't going to happen so I put it away.  Now it's back out and it is going to be framed just as it is because it is Mother.

It's been a good day, good start on what is going to be a good year!  Happy New Year.