Thirty in Thirty Day 27 Snake Plant

 I love this plant, Sansevieria trifasciata,commonly called snake plant or mother-in-law's tongue.. Have some growing in my garden...think these are going to be a start of a mini series... after the challenge.  Although I did start one at workshop for collage work. Brush work plus palette knife.

Oils on canvas wrapped cardboard

8 x 6"

September 30 x 30 # 27 Old Window

September 30 x 30 # 27 Old Window

The reference was from Pinterest tightly cropped and changed.  There was a cat on the ledge between the pots...but it really looked a bit corny so hid him behind another pot inside .

Pencil sketch 5 x 7

90 grm Canson Sketchpad

# 55 Pots on Traudi's Window Sill Workshop

# 55 Pots on Traudi's Window Sill

Brunch at Traudi's is always a special event.  So many surprise dishes and tastes.  Sitting in the kitchen nook and looking out at the pastoral views.  I took a lot of window shots for inspiration.  Loved how the curtains made an instant frame for the pots and mobile.

Oils on 45 x 34.5 wrapped canvas

Palette knife

Day 3 30 in 30 challenge

20 x 22 cm

oil on cardboard 

Day three... Leslie's 30 in 30 challenge

Friday.... lots of household chores before Shabbat, so started painting after lunch today... no sun from my window and had to make do with artificial lighting... also I am a morning person so will try harder to find more "window of time" in the morning when the sun, streams through my window.

Tried to vary my grays with the hues of my basic gray... in this case ultramarine + raw umber.  So I have some cooler and warmer tones.  Tried to not fiddle to much and put done color and leave...Oils with palette knife on gessoed cardboard with a thin tone of raw umber

Calling this a WIP because it does need some tweaking and its too wet....

Day 2 30 in 30 Challenge

 20 x 22 oil on cardboard

Palette Knife

Still working in the grays with a palette knife, this rime I toned the background.  

Feel a bit better with this than yesterday's. which I have scraped and will re-paint.  Still not completely satisfied with the knife strokes... want them more decisive and confident... hard on such a small format.

Pot a little lopsided and had problems with the handle... scraped at least twice...

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