Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Day 1 in 30 in 30 Challenge




Yael's Pot
20 x 22 oil on cardboard

Its started.. Leslie Seata's  30 paintings in 30 days . For the past week I have been giving this much thought going in and out of stress.I have asked myself why put myself through this stress...
 only if I push will I get over the fear barrier
 only by painting will I learn
 only by painting will I experiment and play
 January my birth month
 14 my birth day

 I decided the first week to try to go to the basics.... and what better way then using monochromatic tones.  This first painting  20 x 22 cm done on card board with one coating of gesso.  Worked with oils and palette knife.... one thing I noticed on the gesso was that my strokes weren't going on as smoothly as I wished... so I may put on a tone of diluted paint next painting. Grays  where my own mix...  french -ultramarine + raw umber.

a few of my own rules  "... not EVERY painting has to be a masterpiece!!!!"   "no matter what POST....."  
don't look at other posts before you post"


I was completely not satisfied with this painting...so today scraped and wiped most of it off... hope to repaint tomorrow morning with the pot in morning light from my window....



WIP

4 comments:

Meredith Adler said...

Hello, early bird! What a great idea, to work on the fundamentals to begin with. I love your "rules," and I'll consider following all but the second! Happy New Year, and so glad we are in this together...

Carol Edan said...

Thanks. It was mess, I know. Hope today will be better. So many great works!

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Nancy Goldman said...

I think this was a successful painting but I also understand looking at a finished painting and scraping off all of the paint. I've done that more than a few times myself. You and I share the same birthday! Hope you have a happy birthday tomorrow and good luck with the challenge.

Carol Edan said...

Thanks Nancy and a HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you too... Is that on my profile...???? I guess that added to the stress these past few days....