Painting Day 21

This is a study for a larger painting, "Ocean Breeze"12 x 24 oil on canvas

What a nutty day! I am packing for a 4 day plein air paint out in Florida. Leaving tomorrow, YAY!
I have a painting class tonight and one in the morning and then I am Florida bound. So, I may not get my post up in time tomorrow. We'll see how the drive goes.

Until tomorrow,
Dawn
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Painting Day 20


"Take Me to the Movies" 5x7 oil on canvas. Another local scene for today. It feels good to be finished with my daily painting, so now I can get to work on larger pieces.
Until tomorrow, Dawn

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Painting Day 19

"Anyway the Wind Blows" 12x12 oil on canvas.
After a fantastic weekend(Teaching a color theory workshop, hanging out with out of town friends, a great yoga class at Atlanta Hot Yoga) I was ready to hit the studio to paint my 19th paint this month. Isn't that nuts? I can't believe it's been 19 days. Only 11 more paintings and I will have finished my 30 painting in 30 days challenge. A big thank you to Leslie Saeta for putting this all together for us. If you haven't heard about Leslie you should check out her website. She is a great artist, teacher, and advocate for artists. Every week she host a blog radio show, Artist Helping Artist, that is just full of great tips. Check it out!
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Painting Day 18 & Color Confidence Workshop

"Spicy Salsa" 9x12 Acrylic on canvas. 

I just spent the past 6 hours talking about my favorite thing - color! This morning, a great group of students joined me at Callanwolde for a Painting with Color Confidence Workshop, and it was a blast. I love their energy and great questions. I think everyone went home with a new handle on how to mix and mange their colors. Thank everyone!

Below is my demo from class. We spent the first part of class talking about the importance of pure color and value. Then we talked about neutrals. I gave demos and exercises on how to neutralize or gray a pure color. After our lunch break we tackled  a still life to practice all that  color knowledge. 

Fabulous artists at work! Thanks for coming out and expanding your color knowledge with me!
Getting ready to start the still life paying close attention to color mixing



Happy Painting!
Until tomorrow . Dawn
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Painting Day 17

"Lazy Day on the River" 16x20 oil on canvas, palette knife painting.

Yay, another one for the finished rack. 

I am teaching a workshop in the morning, so now I had better get my supplies together and finish my demos. 

Happy Friday!








Painting Day 16

"Sunset Sail" 12 x 16 oil on canvas, palette knife painting.

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After spending all day woking on the computer, it was a relief to get out to the studio and paint.
An important part of my job is photographing my work and then editing the photos to get them ready to jury into shows, print ads, website, etc... Today was the day to make a dent in that task. After a couple failed attempts, decided to hire someone to edit my booth shot.  That's always a tough one, but so important for getting into outdoor shows. 

For any of you looking to apply to out door art shows you should check out Larry Berman, he does a great job and his site has a lot of great tips on how to take your own photo.


I still have room in my Color Confidence Workshop this weekend. This is a great class to help you control you color mixing.
Until tomorrow,

Dawn

Painting Day 15

"Get'en While They're Hot!" 5 x 7 palette knife painting. On my busy days I'm working on classic Atlanta scenes. This is the latest. Hopefully, if I keep at them, they'll get better!


Over the weekend I was able to build new painting surfaces for my next series. YAY!  I started this one today after my fantastic class at C4. More on that later, until tomorrow! Dawn


Painting Day 12

After another busy day in the studio, I painted another small Atlanta classic. Once again, I'm unhappy with the lettering. Something to work on in the future, I'm sticking with the palette knife for these. Sure to improve with time. All the best, Dawn

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Painting Day 11


"Majestic" 5x7 - Another Atlanta classic. I'm having fun with these, although I would really like clean up the lettering a little bit. Maybe when it dries.
"Majestic" 5x7oil on canvas, palette knife painting

Since we finally had a day without rain or freezing temperatures, I spent most of it ripping wood to size for frame and painting surface. I mean, who knows when we'll have another nice day. The weather has been so crazy lately!
Getting as much wood cut before it freakin' rains again.

Now that I have it ripped to size, I can nail then together to make my framing molding. It was dark before I finished, so I'll post pics later on how to make a floater frame.

Happy Saturday, Dawn

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Painting day 10 - Just in the nick of time

"WhatayaHave?"   Just barely got this one done in time. Really wanted to do something I'd enjoy since I don't really paint this small, and I had to finish before midnight.
An Atlanta classic. Until tomorrow, Dawn
"What-a-ya- have" 5x7 oil on panel palette knife

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Painting Day 9

Woohoo! Finished with painting 9.... I think. This I another one for my "Homecoming" series.
Untitled at the moment, 20x30 oil on canvas, palette knife painting
One thing about this daily painting challenge, I am always finishing after dark so the photos are terrible. Hopefully soon, I can get a little ahead. Happy painting, Dawn

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Painting Day 8

Another painting I can move to the finished pile! I have been fiddling with this one for a while and each time I thought it was ready to frame, I'd pull it out. Something just wasn't right. Well, this time I think I have it.
 "Golden Sunset" 20 x 24 Oil on canvas. Palette knife painting


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Painting Day 7

Baby, it's cold out there. I could only get the studio up to 30 degrees today. Burr!
So it's a great day to paint "Sunny Delight" 9x12 oil on canvas, palette knife painting.
"Sunny Delight" 9x12 oil on canvas, palette knife painting.
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Painting Day 6

Party Lights!  I still need to work on the lights and the cord, but it's 39 degrees in my studio. So I am done for the day. Time to go in and warm my toes.  Until tomorrow, Dawn
"Party lights" 12x12 oil on canvas

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Painting Day 5!

For part of the challenge I wanted resolve up my stack of unfinished paintings. It's always so much fun to start a new painting, I seem to forget to back and finish. Opps. I think this one is about there. So....that means I can start a new one tomorrow, YAY!
This is from a photo I took while at the botanical gardens in Hershey, PA.
Sorry about the horrible photo again, it's tough to get a good photo in the studio
12x12 oil on canvas palette knife painting.
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Until tomorrow,
Dawn

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Painting Day 4

For my 4th painting in the challenge I decided to stick with the warm weather theme.  It's always nice to paint a little sunshine when it's freezing outside. The great thing about living in Georgia is that I know it will warm back up soon.


9x12 Tied up at the Moment. Oil on panel, palette knife painting.

I spent the day building large panels, so I hope to have a big one soon, Yay!

Until tomorrow,
Dawn
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Painting for Day 3

Painting for the day!  This one is inspired by the wonderful fall trees we had this season. I have always enjoyed painting trees. In the series I am working on now, I really want to capture the range of colors in the season.  There's a lot to explore with this new color palette, so let's see what I can come up with next.
Until tomorrow, Dawn
Colors of Fall  12x24 oil on canvas, palette knife painting
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Painting for Day 2

Alright, I have finished my painting for the day. I'll have to wait until tomorrow to get a decent photo, though.

    "Quite a Catch" 12x24 oil on canvas, palette knife painting.
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Happy 2014!!

Happy New Year! I am looking forward to a great year to come and I hope it's a great year for all of you as well. I had such a good time with my 30 paintings in 30 days last year, I have decided to give it another try this year! I mean really, what a great resolution and one I can mostly keep. 
Here's to day 1!

Good Day to Sail  20x20 original oil palette knife painting

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