Dear Dawn Kinney,
You're invited! The Decatur Arts Alliance will celebrate its inaugural art exhibition at the location in downtown Decatur on March 8, 6 -9 PM. The Featured artist is Dawn Kinney Martin and will include her new paintings created for the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge.
March 8, 6-9 PMJoin the Decatur Arts Alliance celebrate its inaugural art exhibition in the new location. Fresh new walls and a great new art gallery. Dawn Kinney Martin will be showing through April 2nd. Dawn started the new year off with a 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge, stop by to find out more about the challenge and see the results.
Swept Away!
Picking up Speed! 30x36 Mixed Media $1400
I am so happy to finally finish this one. I have been 95% finished for months and just hadn't had the time in the studio to make it happen. Seems like I have been behind on my work since the new year started. I have just finished a commission I've been working on, so I should be able to focus back on my projects.
The last day of our 3 day workshop
Fun in the Sun
12x12 oil SOLD with black floater frame
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| Just painting away I really enjoyed my time in the workshop. I was very rewarding to get out of my studio and get to know and work with other artists. Leslie was a great teacher and a lot of fun to be around. So bummed I had to miss the gourmet dinner she cook for all of us. You can check her out at http://www.saetastudio.com/Leslie_Saeta_fine_Art/Home.html |
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| What a great job from all the class artist. |
Happy Painting!!
Dawn
Painting 26
Painting 26 8"x10" oil on wood. Sold
I had a great time painting in Florida, but glad to be back home.
I had a great time painting in Florida, but glad to be back home.
Until tomorrow,
Dawn
3 Day Palette Knife Workshop
Sometimes it's just great to take an art class and learn from new and different artists.
I'm taking a palette knife workshop with Leslie Saeta this week and so far it's been a blast.
I'm taking a palette knife workshop with Leslie Saeta this week and so far it's been a blast.
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| To begin with we painted a value study. Always an important step when looking for the design in your painting. |
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| Next we painted a similar still life, but with color this time. This wraps up our first day and it was a lot of fun. |
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This is what I worked on today. 2-12"x12" canvases.
Now off to my evening class at SCAD.
Teaching, instead of being a student, but I'll be back as student tomorrow morning. I think we are painting boats. Yay!!
Happy Painting,
Dawn
Big Sky - Big Color!!48"x48"
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| 48"x48" Big Sky |
My first big painting since the 30 day challenge, 30 paintings in 30 days. It felt wonderful to be back in the studio and work big and bold again. I would like to work on series of the large landscapes and see where I can take it.
Happy painting!
Dawn
Check out my 30 paintings on Facebook
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Painting 30 - I made it!!!
Well, I can't believe it is the last day. It's been a challenge but I made it. As I was working on my painting today, it made me a bit reflective. It seems I've always had a fight in my work between form and expressionism. In college I doubled in sculpture and painting. But when it came down to it,
I had to work it out in a two dimensional plane. There is just nothing like it. So, my work comes down to that fight, the beauty and strength of color and form. I look forward to what tomorrow brings.
Until then, Dawn
Painting 29 - Apple Boogie
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| 5x7 Apple Boogie Oil on canvas |
We were lucky today, with all the bad weather in the area, I just had flooding.
The studio is swamped. Good thing I have a slotted floor that allows the water to pass through the floor and drain. Still - what a mess!
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| Another great addition to the house. We put a roof over the back doors. Now I have a workspace when the weather is bad. Today I had to build frames for my show this weekend. |
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Even better, while the other half of the house is without a tenet, I can use that space as well. Overall I think I fared pretty well for such a stormy day!
Until tomorrow,
Dawn
Painting 28
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Almost to the finished with the 30 days painting challenge. It was a busy day today with classes and other work. Here is what kept most of my day busy. This is a collaboration piece with St Anne's Preschool and will be auctioned off next month. The turning fours' painted the flowers on the wooden blocks. Now it my turn! I've got their painting on and now I need to finish the words, and then antique it. Hope it turn out as I've imaged.
Until tomorrow,
Dawn
Painting 27
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| 5x7 oil on canvas "Footloose and Fancy Free" |
Made it to day 27 of 30 paintings in 30 days. Today was a tough one. Just worn out from the drive yesterday - then all finishing the taxes. So, todays painting is just free and easy!
Painting 25 - Still in Defuniak
This is the Pansy Cottage. What a great name for a cool house on the lake.
I have had such a great time painting at the Chautauqua Plein Air Event. It such a pretty, laid back area, but the best part has been meeting the other artists. Such a great group of people.
Check out all of the artists painting for the 30 paintings in 30 Days Event. Just 5 more days to go!
http://www.lesliesaeta.blogspot.com/
Until tomorrow,
Dawn
Painting 24!!
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| "Got the Spirit in Me" |
I decided to keep with the white building theme. This church has such cool shapes.
This composition is pretty simple. I began by blocking in the sun and shadow.
Loosely building in the shapes, still thinking about value and temperature. I love the way reflected light warms up areas in a cool shadow!
Yesterday I had a hard time dealing with the foliage in the foreground, so today, I'm really going to try not to let the unimportant parts of the painting get in the way.
Yesterday I had a hard time dealing with the foliage in the foreground, so today, I'm really going to try not to let the unimportant parts of the painting get in the way.
Starting to pull the composition together.
Once I had the bulk of the work completed, I started having fun with texture and the colors in the shadows.
Until tomorrow!
Dawn
Painting 23 and Day 1 of the Chautauqua paint out
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| 9x12 oil on wood |
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Today is the first day for the Chatauqua paint out.
I decided to spend more time on my composition. So I thought using this as a color theory study would interesting.
I decided to spend more time on my composition. So I thought using this as a color theory study would interesting.
Until tomorrow,
Dawn
Painting 22 - Hello Florida!
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| 11x14 oil on wood |
Yay, I'm in Florida. Drove in today to get ready for the Chautauqua Plein air paint out, this Thurs - Sun. Today's painting is warm up. I look forward to tomorrow!
Day 21 and a Little Teaching Feed Back!
Alright, getting ready for my SCAD Class tonight. Always a good time.
Here's my painting for the day. Oil on wood. combination palette knife and bristle brush.
Here's my painting for the day. Oil on wood. combination palette knife and bristle brush.
11"x14" Oil on wood
I had a great painting workshop this weekend. 10 Students came out to Callanwolde for a landscape class. This was the first time I had taught this one. Everyone did a great job. I enjoyed working with everyone and seeing the progress. Great group!!
Happy painting and have a great week,
Dawn
Links for painting demos
Painting 20 - just 10 more days!
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| 20"x30" |
Today I painting a companion piece for the "Sun and Wind" painting yesterday. It's fun to work on a series and explore taking the same subject in different directions.
Day 19 of 30 paintings in 30 days.
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| 30"x20" Sunshine and Wind |
It was a beautiful day in Atlanta today. We went down to the park for a little exercise, worked on the house a bit, then started up the grill to get ready for the Falcons Game.
Well the Falcons didn't work out as we had hoped - Rat's! But the grill was good. So I finally had to hit the studio and create my painting for the day.
Until tomorrow, Dawn
Making it to day 18!
Wow, what an accomplishment, 18 days. I think I'm going to make it.
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| 12x12 "Two Amigos" oil on canvas |
After teaching an all day workshop, I was ready to have a little fun in the studio.
This is a palette knife piece, I worked all at once. It was fun to be loose and fun.
Until tomorrow!!
Dawn
PS Falcons - Rise up!!!
Day 17 - Cherry Berry!
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| 5x7 Cherry Berry |
Just a small one for today.
See you tomorrow!
Painting 16 - Mixing work and teaching
| Today I needed to work on a commission and I also have to get ready for painting workshop I'm teaching this Sat. I decided to combine the two and try break down my studio process and see if I could share it with my class. It is so easy to work on automatic pilot and not pay attention to what you are really doing |
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| First composition sketch |
I think this is helpful to set up the space on your canvas. Get control of your composition right off the bat. Make sure you don't have center of focus going in the wrong direction.
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| Starting to work out a value sketch |
Before you jump right on you canvas, do a little value study. Go ahead and start thinking about your light source. What is your compositional design? What's great about this is that you can make quick decisions, change your mind, and make adjustments.
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| Making adjustments and feeling better with the values |
After looking the my sketch, I decided to pull the tree on the right a little more forward, push the one on the left farther back, and add more shadows in the front. Added a few hills in the back and pushed the mountains back a bit. A little more light in the sky.
This is going to give me a good plan to work on my commission. I need to touch on the elements that are important to them. Now I will have a lot of freedom to create the painting, because I won't be fighting the composition and I can just paint.
Until tomorrow, Dawn